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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 1|The Book of Lost Tales]]'', 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 [[Kalórmë]] stood in ''Oronto''.<ref name=LT1>{{LT1|IX}}</ref>
 
[[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>
 
==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]].
 
In the Land of the Sun was a great, curve-shaped mountain range called the [[Wall of the Sun]], that corresponded symmetrically to the [[Pelóri Mountains]] of Aman.<ref name=5b/>
 
==Portrayal in adaptations==
In the game ''[[Middle-earth Role Playing]]'' by [[Iron Crown Enterprises]], a [[Sindarin]] name for the Uttermost East — Romenor (Easternesse) — was given,{{fact}} although it does not appear in any of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s writings. This name is also used in [[Michael Martinez]]' ''[[Parma Endorion]]''.
==See also==
*[[Uttermost West]]
*[[Dark Land]]
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