page_title: Númenor
section_title: Fictional geography
hierarchical_section_title: Númenor / Fictional geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of Númenor, the island of Westernesse in the Second Age of Tolkien's Middle-earth
context_page_description: Númenor, also called Elenna-nórë or Westernesse, is a fictional place in J. R. R. Tolkien's writings. It was the kingdom occupying a large island to the west of Middle-earth, the main setting of Tolkien's writings, and was the greatest civilization of Men. However, after centuries of prosperity many of the inhabitants ceased to worship the One God, Eru Ilúvatar, and rebelled against the Valar, resulting in the destruction of the island and the death of most of its people. Tolkien intended Númenor to allude to the legendary Atlantis. Commentators have noted that the destruction of Númenor echoes the Biblical fall of man.
caption: Map of Númenor, with its principal cities
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