Icebay of Forochel

The Icebay of Forochel was an immense body of water located north of Eriador and northwest of Forodwaith in the cold, northern regions of Middle-earth. A strip of land called the Cape of Forochel formed the western boundary of the bay, creating a narrow entrance to the south.
It was known to have frozen over during the winters, making travel by ship impossible.
==History==
As far back as the Elder Days, before the destruction of Beleriand at the conclusion of War of Wrath, primitive tribes of Men known as the Forodwaith had lived around the shores of the Icebay. Their descendants, known as the Snowmen, or Lossoth, were still living on the shores of the bay in the Third Age and beyond.
It was here that Arvedui, last King of Arthedain, fled when his land was destroyed by Angmar. He was aided by the Lossoth until March, TA 1975The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "The Third Age" when, against their advice, he attempted to sail south on one of the ships of Círdan. The ship foundered in the heavy ices of the bay and Arvedui drowned, losing the Palantíri of the North in the process.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I: The Númenórean Kings, (iii): "Eriador, Arnor, and the Heirs of Isildur"
==Other versions of the legendarium==
Though the Icebay at one point appeared only to refer to the small bay visible on the original map included in The Lord of the Rings, Christopher Tolkien later clarified he had made an error. He corrected this on the updated map in the 1953 edition, adding an arrow to indicate that the Icebay consisted of the entire body of water.Unfinished Tales, Introduction, Part Four, "The Map of Middle-earth"
==Etymology==
Forochel is a Sindarin word that meant 'Northern ice'.The Complete Guide to Middle-earth
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Azerbaijani 	Forochel Buzlaq Körfəz
Armenian 	Ֆորոճել Սառցադաշտային ծոց
Belarusian Cyrillic	Форохель Ледавіковая Заліў
Bengali 	ফরছিল হিমশীতল উপসাগর
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Форохел Ледовит залив
Catalan 	Badia glacial de Forochel
Croatian 	Ledeno zaljev Forochel
Czech 	Ledovcový záliv Forochel
Danish 	Forochel Isbugt
Dutch 	Ijzige Baai van Forochel
Esperanto 	Glacia Golfeto de Forochel
Estonian 	Forochel Liustikulaht Laht
Finnish 	Forochelin jäälaht
French 	Baie Glacée de Forochel
Frisian 	Forochel Gletsjerbaai
Galician 	Baía glacial de Forochel
Georgian 	ფოროჩელი მყინვარული ყურე
German 	Eisbucht von Forochel
Greek 	Φοροχελ παγετώνας Όρμος
Hindi 	फ़ोरोछेल की हिमनदीय खाड़ी
Hungarian 	Forochel Jeges Öbölében
Icelandic 	Forochel Jökulflói
Italian 	Baia Glaciale di Forochel
Japanese 	フォロヘル氷湾
Korean 	포로 첼 아이시 만
Latvian 	Forochel Ledus Līcis
Lithuanian 	Forochel Ledyninė Įlanka
Macedonian Cyrillic	Глацијален залив на Форочел
Norwegian 	Forochel Isbukta
Polish 	Lodowcowa zatoka Forochel
Portuguese 	Baía glacial do Forochel
Romanian 	Golful Glaciar Forochel
Russian 	Ледяной залив Форохел
Serbian 	Форохел Арктички залив (Cyrillic) Forohel Arktički zaliv (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ෆොරොඡෙල් අයිස් බොක්ක
Slovak 	Ľadovej zátoke Forochel
Slovenian 	Ledeniški zaliv Forochel
Spanish 	Bahía glaciar de Forochel
Swedish 	Forochel Glacialabukt
Turkish 	Forochel Buzulla Koy
==References==
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