Great Shelf

The Great Shelf, also known as the Eyrie, was the most important eagles' eyrie in the northern Misty Mountains, where the Lord of the Eagles and his chieftains dwelt during the Third Age.The Hobbit, Ch. VI: "Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire"
The Great Shelf was located at a high point on the east side of the Misty Mountains, facing Rhovanion, between the Rushdown and the Menn-i-Naugrim. It was approximately thirty-five miles from the Carrock near Beorn's hall.The Atlas of Middle-earth, Regional Maps, "The Misty Mountains"The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Hobbit, "Introduction"The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Hobbit, "The Battle of the Five Armies"
==History==
It is untold when the Lord of the Eagles and his fifteen chieftainsThe Hobbit, "Chapter VII. Queer Lodgings" first settled the Great Shelf.
On July 19, TA 2941, the Great Eagles rescued Thorin and Company from the meeting-place of the Orcs and Wargs. After which, Bilbo Baggins and Dori were taken to one of the eagles' eyries of the North before the eagle who brought them there was bidden to take them to the Great Shelf to see the Lord of the Eagles. Upon arriving at the Great Shelf, Thorin and Company were given leave by the Lord of the Eagles to light a fire to cook rabbits, hares, and sheep. where they spent the night.
The next day, after it was revealed that the Eagles rescued the Dwarves because Gandalf had previously healed the Lord of the Eagles of an arrow-wound in the past, the Lord of the Eagles and his chieftains took Thorin and Company from the Great Shelf to the Carrock.
Whether Gwaihir was one of the fifteen chieftains dwelling at the Great Shelf is unknown.
==Trivia==
Despite Tolkien never using the capitalized term "Eagles' Eyrie" for the place, the name became prevalent among fans of Tolkien.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Arende Nes
Albanian 	Shqiponjat dritarja e zyrës
Amharic 	ንስሮች ጎጆ
Arabic 	النسور عش
Armenian 	արծիվները բույն
Azerbaijani 	Qaraquş Yuva
Basque 	Arranoak Habia
Belarusian Cyrillic	арлы гняздо
Bengali 	ঈগল শিকারি পাখির বাসা
Bosnian 	Orlovi Bnijezdo
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Орлите Орлово гнездо
Cambodian 	សំបុកសត្វឥន្ទ្រី
Catalan 	Aguilera Àguiles
Chinese 	鹰巢
Croatian 	Orlovi Gnijezdo
Czech 	Orlí Hnízdo
Danish 	Ørnereden
Dutch 	Adelaarsnest
Esperanto 	Agloj Aguilera
Estonian 	Kotkad Pesa
Finnish 	Kotkat Kotkanpesä
French 	Nid d'aigle
Frisian 	Earnen Nêst
Galician 	Aguias Niño
German 	Adlerhorst
Greek 	Αετοί Φωλιά
Gujarati 	ઇગલ્સ માળો
Hebrew 	קן הנשרים
Hindi 	ईगल्स ऊँचा कमरा
Hungarian 	Sasfészek ?
Icelandic 	Ernir Hreiður
Irish Gaelic 	Hiolair Nead
Italian 	Aquile Nido
Japanese 	ワシのアイリー
Kannada 	ಈಗಲ್ಸ್ ನೆಸ್ಟ್
Kazakh 	Бүркіт ұя (Cyrillic) Bürkit uya (Latin)
Korean 	독수리의 둥지
Kurdish 	Hêlîn Kelaşan (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	бүркүттөр чокудан
Lao 	ນົກອິນຊີ ຮັງ
Latin 	Obuncis Aquilae
Latvian 	Ērgļi Ligzda
Lithuanian 	Ereliai Paukščio lizdas
Macedonian Cyrillic	Oрли гнездо
Malay 	Helang Sarang
Maltese 	Ajkli Bejta
Maori 	Ēkara Kōhanga
Marathi 	ईगल्स घरटे
Mongolian Cyrillic 	бүргэд үүр
Nepalese 	चीलले एय्रिए
Northern Sami 	Goaskimat Beassi
Norwegian 	Ørner Rede
Occitan 	Nis Aigla ?
Persian 	لانه عقاب
Polish 	Wielka Półka
Portuguese 	Águias Ninho
Punjabi 	ਈਗਲਜ਼ ਆਲ੍ਹਣਾ
Querétaro Otomi 	Aguilera Águilas
Romanian 	Vulturii Cuib
Romansh 	Gnieu Evla ?
Russian 	орлов Гнездо
Samoan 	Faamoega Aeto
Scottish Gaelic 	Nead Iolairean
Serbian 	орлови Еирие (Cyrillic) Orlovi Sokolovom (Latin)
Shona 	Makondo Dendere
Sinhalese 	ඊගල්ස් කැදැල්ල
Slovak 	Orli Hniezdo
Slovenian 	Orli Gnezdo
Somali 	Gorgorraduna Buul
Spanish 	Nido de Águilas
Swedish 	Örnnäst
Tajik Cyrillic 	уқобҳо лона
Tamil 	கழுகுகள் ஏய்ரிஎ
Telugu 	ఈగల్స్ నెస్ట్
Thai 	นกอินทรี รังนกอินทรีย์
Turkish 	Kartal Yuvası
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	орли виводок
Urdu 	اییری عقاب
Uzbek 	Еаглес Эйрие (Cyrillic) Burgutlar Uya (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Ðại bàng Lồng
Welsh 	Eryr Nyth
Yiddish 	יגאַלז ייריע
==References==
pl:Wielka Półka
Category:Misty Mountains
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