He went on "As for the 'land of Morīah' (note stress): that has no connection (even 'externally') whatsoever. Further down in the subterranean realm are the Silvertine Lodes and the Redhorn Lodes, and the furthest depths contain the submerged Water-Works, the fiery Flaming Deeps, and the Foundations of Stone, where Gandalf and the Balrog fought before ascending the Endless Stair. [12], A Mr. Click the map and drag to move the map around. The New Zealand Road Spiral Atlas (HEMA, ISBN13 9781877302367) features Lord of the Rings locations. [16], The professor of English literature Sue Zlosnik notes that the fantasy world in Tolkien's "fake" mythology "for England"[20] is constructed with elaborate detail. The city's wealth was founded on its mines, which produced mithril, a fictional metal of great beauty and strength, suitable for armour. It is a lake sacred to the Dwarves of Durin's folk.

Silvianus has lost a ring and has donated one-half [its worth] to Nodens.

Mararoa River swingbridge at South Mavora Lake: The Fellowship leave Lothlórien.

Cirin-en-Galadh: Bain Gwaloth • Cerin Amroth Coordinates: 45° 29.755'S 167° 40.159'E - view in Google mapsAccess: Rainbow Reach Rd, off Manapouri Te Anau Highway. The name Moria had (within the fiction) originally applied only to the Black Chasm itself. Lake Alta: Dimrill Dale, after the Fellowship exits the Mines of Moria. [22][23], Peter Jackson's portrayal of Moria in his The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring movie was mostly inspired by Alan Lee's illustrations. Celebrimbor, the Lord of Eregion, used ithildin lettering on this gate on behalf of its builder, his friend the dwarf smith Narvi.

Sheer and steep, it climbed across the southern slopes of Caradhras and led down into the Dimrill Dale and hence the Vale of Anduin beyond the Mountains. Access to view point: Hakatere Potts RdAccess to Edoras: Hakatere Potts Rd, walk up Mount Sunday. The Pass was traversed by the Stoors migrating from the Vales of Anduin into Eriador, from where they headed to the Angle and Dunland (c. T.A. Or sign in with your social account: We use cookies to enable you to log in, set your site preferences, analyse site traffic, personalise content and provide relevant advertising.Find out more and change your settings in our privacy policy. Nan Celebrant: Brochos • Celebrant • Lady's Rest • Talan Atharchen • Talan Dolinhen • Talan Mallelas • Talan Tirith Durin III, the King of Khazad-dûm at the time, obtained one of the rings; another was Nenya, made from Moria's mithril; it became Galadriel's ring. The West-gate enabled travellers to pass right through the Misty Mountains, thus providing a weather-free alternative to the notorious and arduous Redhorn Pass, 15–20 miles to the north.

Beginning at the Eastern Gate of Moria, one first encounters the dwarf and elf camp Mekhem-bizru [11.5S, 78.4W] at the western end of the valley and Echad Andestel [14.2S, 73.1W] at the eastern end. Gandalf confronted the Balrog on Durin's Bridge. Coordinates: 41° 33.493'S 172° 32.401'E - view in Google mapsAccess: Challenging walk-in only. However, after the Dwarves were forced to abandon Khazad-dûm, its many lamps went out, and the whole subterranean complex became dark. All other rights-including, but not Eriador was the large region in the north-west of Middle-earth, defined between Lindon and the Blue Mountains to the west and Rhovanion and the Misty Mountains to the east.. Three of the Misty Mountains' most massive peaks surrounded Dimrill Dale: the Mountains of Moria: Silvertine on the west; Redhorn on the north; and Cloudyhead on the east; or in Sindarin respectively Celebdil, Caradhras and Fanuidhol. Lake Alta: Dimrill Dale, after the Fellowship exits the Mines of Moria. (0/15) Tolkien, and the film trilogy directed by Peter Jackson. Take a tour of the New Zealand conservation areas that provided locations for Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy. Mangawhero River: Frodo and Sam pass a ruined column in a clearing.

[22] He writes that these dark places, home to many of the major events in the stories, from the Paths of the Dead to Gollum's various tunnels and the Glittering Caves of Aglarond serve as symbols of darkness and death, the Tomb, or of fertility and new life, the Womb. [T 9], Orcs occupied Moria, while the Balrog haunted its depths. 2989 Balin and his followers fought the orcs here on the way to the Mines of Moria. limited to, distribution, duplication, and publish by any means - are I extracted just the part of the map where the action occurs and printed it out on a huge glossy sheet of paper and it was a fine companion to the story. Coordinates: 45° 03'46.8"S 168°48'41.2"E - view in Google maps Access: On the eastern side of Lake Wakatipu, turn off SH6 at the signposted junction to the Remarkables ski area. Battle for Middle Earth 2 Heaven best viewed with a HTML 4.0 / CSS 2.0 compatible browser. "[13], All the same, critics have noticed biblical echoes in the story. Whakapapa skifield: Isildur cuts off Sauron's finger and the Ring. Skippers Canyon: Arwen defeats the Nazgûl by conjuring up a flood. They reached the Chamber of Mazarbul, the ancient repository of documents holding Balin's tomb and his colony's chronicle, the Book of Mazarbul. The main levels of Moria span from the Doors of Durin to Dolven-View, Zelem-Melek, Nud-Melek and the East doors, known as the First Hall. It is located directly outside the Eastern Gate to Moria at the foot of the mighty Redhorn, Silvertine, and Cloudyhead peaks on the eastern side of the Misty Mountains.

The Redhorn Gate was known to be treacherous. Tolkien borrowed the name Moria itself, but not its meaning, from a book he had read. Federal law provides criminal and civil Coordinates: 39° 14.177'S 175° 33.670'E - view in Google mapsAccess: State Highway 48.

This valley is konwn as the Dimrill Dale in the speech of Men and Azanulbizar to the Dwarves. He was buried in the royal tombs of Khazad-dûm. [T 15], As the War of the Ring loomed, a messenger from Sauron offered Dáin the return of Moria and three Dwarf-Rings if he helped Sauron to find the One Ring. At the head of the vale is the Mirrormere, known to the Dwarves as Kheled-zâram.

When the Fellowship enter, the Watcher in the Water, the monstrous aquatic guardian of the gates, slams the doors shut with its tentacles, plunging the Fellowship immediately into hellish darkness; the scholar of English literature Charles Huttar compares this "clashing gate" to the Wandering Rocks that in Greek mythology lie near the opening of the underworld, Hades, and to Odysseus's passage between the devouring Scylla and the whirlpool Charybdis. Within the context of local street searches, angles and compass directions are very important, as well as ensuring that distances in … [T 6], Unknown to the Fellowship, Gandalf climbed to the top of Mount Celebdil and continued to fight the Balrog for two days in the Battle of the Peak; both of them died, but Gandalf returned to Middle-earth as Gandalf the White.