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The '''Uttermost East''' refers to the notion of a land in the extreme [[East]] of [[Arda]] (beyond [[Rhûn]]), described in the early versions of the [[Legendarium]].
==''Oronto''==
In ''[[The Book of Lost Tales Part One]]'', the easternmost land of Arda was called '''''[[Oronto]]''''' ("East"). This region was connected to the [[Middle-earth|Great Lands]], laying directly east of [[Palisor]], with no separating water. The huge peak [[Kalormë]] stood in Oronto.<ref name=LT1>{{LT1|IX}}</ref>


As told in the ''[[The Ambarkanta|Ambarkanta]]'', the '''Eastern Land''', known to the Elves of Aman as the '''Land of the Sun'''<ref name=5b>{{SM|5b}}</ref> or the '''Burnt Land of the Sun'''<ref name=A5>{{SM|A5}}</ref>, was a land east of [[Middle-earth]] where the [[Sun]] rose at dawn.
[[Oromë]] described the East to the [[Valar]], saying that "''there is a silent beach and dark empty seas''". It is also told that [[Aulë ]]and [[Ulmo]] "''builded great havens'' [of the Sun and Moon] ''beside the soundless sea''".<ref name=LT1/><ref>{{SM|5e}}</ref>


Little was known of its geography. There was a great, curve-shaped mountain range called the [[Wall of the Sun]] and its peak [[Kalórmë]], that corresponded symmetrically to the [[Pelóri Mountains]] of [[Aman]].<ref name=5b/><ref name=LT1>{{LT1|IX}}</ref>
==Land of the Sun==
In the ''[[The Ambarkanta|Ambarkanta]]'', the '''Eastern Land''', known to the Elves of [[Aman]] as the '''Land of the Sun'''<ref name=5b>{{SM|5b}}</ref> or the '''Burnt Land of the Sun'''<ref name=A5>{{SM|A5}}</ref>, was a land east of [[Middle-earth]] where the [[Sun]] rose at dawn. The land was separated from [[Endor]] by the waters of the [[East Sea]].


==Portrayal in adaptations==
In the Land of the Sun was a great, curve-shaped mountain range called the [[Wall of the Sun]], which corresponded symmetrically to the [[Pelóri Mountains]] of Aman.<ref name=5b/>
In the game ''[[Middle-earth Role Playing]]'' by [[Iron Crown Enterprises]], a [[Sindarin]] name for the land — Romenor (Easternesse) — was given,{{fact}} although it does not appear in any of [[Tolkien]]'s writings. This name is also used in [[Michael Martinez]]' ''[[Parma Endorion]]''.
 
==See also==
*[[Uttermost West]]
*[[Dark Land]]
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Revision as of 13:15, 1 December 2014

Template:Unnamed2 The Uttermost East refers to the notion of a land in the extreme East of Arda (beyond Rhûn), described in the early versions of the Legendarium.

Oronto

In The Book of Lost Tales Part One, the easternmost land of Arda was called Oronto ("East"). This region was connected to the Great Lands, laying directly east of Palisor, with no separating water. The huge peak Kalormë stood in Oronto.[1]

Oromë described the East to the Valar, saying that "there is a silent beach and dark empty seas". It is also told that Aulë and Ulmo "builded great havens [of the Sun and Moon] beside the soundless sea".[1][2]

Land of the Sun

In the Ambarkanta, the Eastern Land, known to the Elves of Aman as the Land of the Sun[3] or the Burnt Land of the Sun[4], was a land east of Middle-earth where the Sun rose at dawn. The land was separated from Endor by the waters of the East Sea.

In the Land of the Sun was a great, curve-shaped mountain range called the Wall of the Sun, which corresponded symmetrically to the Pelóri Mountains of Aman.[3]

See also

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