Inner Seas

The Inner Seas was a large body of water in Arda located between the continents of Middle-earth and the Dark Land (South Land).
The sea was over 2500 miles from north to south and about 800 miles from east to west at its widest most point from continent to continent. The straits connecting the Inner Seas to the Eastern Sea in the north and the Belegaer (Great Sea) in the south were no more than 100 miles from continent to continent. It is not known whether these seas were calm or rough but all that can be conjectured is that they probably had both warm and cold currents, due to its proximity to the heats of the south and the darkness of the north.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First AgeThe Atlas of Middle-earth, The Second Age, “Introduction”The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Second Age, “Voyages of the Númenoreans”
== History ==
=== Years of the Trees and First Age ===
The origins of the Inner Seas can be traced back to the changes in the overall symmetry of the world as a result of the destructive tumults caused by Melkor and the Valar's confrontations with him for the sake of the Children of Ilúvatar. Its present position and location between Middle-earth and Dark Land seem to date from the end of the Battle of the Powers at the conclusion of the Battle of the Powers. From that time on, the Inner Seas were joined with the East Sea and known by the same name.
===Second Age and beyond===
At the conclusion of the War of Wrath it became known as the Inner Seas. The island of Númenor was raised and its inhabitants became great mariners but with the Ban of the Valar, they could not sail into the furthermost west where the Undying Lands lay. This restricted them to what lies east. They sailed the Inner Seas exploring the whole of its latitudes. After the Change of the World and the Fall of Númenor, the Inner Seas may have remained intact though whether they were still known as the Inner Seas is not known.The Silmarillion, Akallabêth
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Binnste See
Albanian 	Dete i brendshëm
Amharic 	ወደ ውስጥ ያሉ ባህሮች
Arabic 	البحار الداخلية
Armenian 	Ներքին ծովեր
Azerbaijani 	Daxili dənizlər
Belarusian Cyrillic	Унутраныя моры
Bengali 	অভ্যন্তরীণ সমুদ্র
Bosnian 	Unutrašnja mora
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Вътрешни морета
Catalan 	Mars Interiors
Croatian 	Unutarnja morima
Czech 	Vnitřní moře
Danish 	De Indre Havområder
Dutch 	Binnenzeeën
Esperanto 	Internaj Maroj
Estonian 	Sisemered
Filipino 	Panloob na karagatan
Finnish 	Sisämeret
French 	Mers Intérieures
Georgian 	შიდა ზღვები
German 	Binnenmeere
Greek 	Εσωτερικές Θάλασσες
Gujarati 	આંતરિક સમુદ્રો
Hindi 	भीतरी समुद्र
Hungarian 	Belső-tengerek
Icelandic 	Innri höfin
Indonesian 	Laut-laut batin
Irish Gaelic 	Farraigí intíre
Italian 	Mari Interni
Japanese 	内景海
Kannada 	ಆಂತರಿಕ ಸಮುದ್ರಗಳು
Kazakh 	Ішкі теңіздер (Cyrillic) Işki teñizder (Latin)
Korean 	내해
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Ички деңиздер
Latvian 	Iekšējās jūras
Lithuanian 	Vidinės jūros
Luxembourgish 	Bannenzeg Mierer
Macedonian Cyrillic	Внатрешни мориња
Marathi 	अंतस्थ समुद्र
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Өвөр тэнгисүүд
Norwegian 	Innlandethavene
Pashto 	داخلي سمندرونه
Persian 	دریاهای داخلی
Polish 	Morze Wewnętrzne
Portuguese 	Mares Interiores
Punjabi 	ਅੰਦਰੂਨੀ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ
Romanian 	Mări Interioare
Russian 	Внутренние моря
Scottish Gaelic 	Cuantan a-staigh
Sindhi 	اندرون سمنڊ
Sinhalese 	අභ්‍යන්තර මුහුද
Slovak 	Vnútorné more
Slovenian 	Notranja morja
Spanish 	Mares Interiores
Swahili 	Bahari za ndani
Swedish 	Inrehav
Tajik Cyrillic 	Баҳрҳои дохилӣ
Tamil 	உள்நாட்டு கடல்கள்
Tatar 	Внутренние моря
Telugu 	లోపలి సముద్రాలు
Thai 	ทะเลด้านใน
Turkish 	İç Denizler
Turkmen 	Içki deňizler
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Внутрішні моря
Urdu 	اندرون سمندر
Uyghur 	ئىچكى قۇرۇقلۇق دېڭىز
Uzbek 	Ички Денгизлар (Cyrillic) Ichki Dengizlar (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Biển bên trong
Welsh 	Moroedd Mewnol
Yiddish 	ינלענדיש סיז
==References==
pl:Morze Wewnętrzne
Category:Seas
Category:Arda