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After the [[Two Lamps]] were toppled by [[Melkor]], two seas were formed: the [[Sea of Helcar]] in the north and the [[Sea of Ringil]] in the south. | After the [[Two Lamps]] were toppled by [[Melkor]], two seas were formed: the [[Sea of Helcar]] in the north and the [[Sea of Ringil]] in the south. | ||
During the [[War for the Sake of the Elves]] the Sea of Ringil was greatly widened and expanded, and eventually grew into the Inner Seas between the southern continent of Middle-earth and the [[Dark Land]], which were connected to both [[Belegaer]] and the [[East Sea]]. It is also likely that the [[Mountains of Wind]] became an island chain in the sea. | During the [[War for the Sake of the Elves]] the Sea of Ringil was greatly widened and expanded, and eventually grew into the Inner Seas between the southern continent of Middle-earth and the [[Dark Land]], which were connected to both [[Belegaer]] and the [[East Sea]]. It is also likely that the [[Mountains of the Wind]] became an island chain in the sea. | ||
Though the sea was named the "East Sea" in the [[Ambarkanata maps|Ambarkanata Map V]], which decipts the geography of Arda after the destruction of the [[Lamps of the Valar]]:<ref>{{SM|Ambar}}, p. 251.</ref> in the places where the Lamps stood, had been formed two great bodies of water, the "Inland Sea" or the [[Sea of Helcar]] in the North, and the "East Sea" in the South. The East Sea was renamed the "Inner Seas" by [[Karen Wynn Fonstad]] in the [[Atlas of Middle-earth]].<ref>Karen Wynn Fonstad, ''[[Atlas of Middle-earth]]'', Revised Edition, p. 45.</ref> | Though the sea was named the "East Sea" in the [[Ambarkanata maps|Ambarkanata Map V]], which decipts the geography of Arda after the destruction of the [[Lamps of the Valar]]:<ref>{{SM|Ambar}}, p. 251.</ref> in the places where the Lamps stood, had been formed two great bodies of water, the "Inland Sea" or the [[Sea of Helcar]] in the North, and the "East Sea" in the South. The East Sea was renamed the "Inner Seas" by [[Karen Wynn Fonstad]] in the [[Atlas of Middle-earth]].<ref>Karen Wynn Fonstad, ''[[Atlas of Middle-earth]]'', Revised Edition, p. 45.</ref> | ||
==Oceanography== | ==Oceanography== | ||
The Inner Seas were decipted as a narrow but large sea, over 2,500 miles from its southern to northern end and about 800 miles at its widest point. It was connected to the wider ocean by two straights: one in the south with Belegaer, and a narrower one in the north with the East Sea (this latter one is believed to be the former location of the [[Mountains of Wind]]). What the seas looked like is unknown, but it is believed that they had both warm and cold currents. | The Inner Seas were decipted as a narrow but large sea, over 2,500 miles from its southern to northern end and about 800 miles at its widest point. It was connected to the wider ocean by two straights: one in the south with Belegaer, and a narrower one in the north with the East Sea (this latter one is believed to be the former location of the [[Mountains of the Wind]]). What the seas looked like is unknown, but it is believed that they had both warm and cold currents. | ||
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Revision as of 00:03, 29 July 2020
This article is about the seas east of Middle-earth. For the original Inner Seas, see Belegaer and the East Sea.
The Inner Seas were a sea east of Middle-earth. They are believed to be the remnants of the Sea of Ringil.
History
After the Two Lamps were toppled by Melkor, two seas were formed: the Sea of Helcar in the north and the Sea of Ringil in the south.
During the War for the Sake of the Elves the Sea of Ringil was greatly widened and expanded, and eventually grew into the Inner Seas between the southern continent of Middle-earth and the Dark Land, which were connected to both Belegaer and the East Sea. It is also likely that the Mountains of the Wind became an island chain in the sea.
Though the sea was named the "East Sea" in the Ambarkanata Map V, which decipts the geography of Arda after the destruction of the Lamps of the Valar:[1] in the places where the Lamps stood, had been formed two great bodies of water, the "Inland Sea" or the Sea of Helcar in the North, and the "East Sea" in the South. The East Sea was renamed the "Inner Seas" by Karen Wynn Fonstad in the Atlas of Middle-earth.[2]
Oceanography
The Inner Seas were decipted as a narrow but large sea, over 2,500 miles from its southern to northern end and about 800 miles at its widest point. It was connected to the wider ocean by two straights: one in the south with Belegaer, and a narrower one in the north with the East Sea (this latter one is believed to be the former location of the Mountains of the Wind). What the seas looked like is unknown, but it is believed that they had both warm and cold currents.
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth, "V. The Ambarkanta", p. 251.
- ↑ Karen Wynn Fonstad, Atlas of Middle-earth, Revised Edition, p. 45.
