Ephel Dúath

The Ephel Dúath, also known as the Outer Fence or Mountains of Shadow, were a range of mountains making up Mordor’s western and southern borders.
== Description ==
These mountains met the Ash Mountains at the Black Gate, sealing Mordor from the outside. In the northern reaches of the mountains on the east side lay the castle of Durthang, west of Udûn. The Morgul Vale, where the city of Minas Morgul stood, was a large valley, opening into the Morgul Pass. The Pass of Cirith Ungol bore secret access through the Ephel Dúath via the dangerous tunnels of Shelob. In the eastern section of the range layed the ridge of Morgai, that procted the road between Durthang and the Tower of Cirith Ungol.The Atlas of Middle-earth, Regional Maps, "Mordor (and Adjacent Lands)" The river Poros, as did the Morgulduin, flowed down out of the mountains to the Anduin, the river Harnen flowed down southwest when it bent west and sped to Belegaer, which it entered in a wide delta, and finally another unnamed tributary flowed into the Sea of Núrnen.Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, "The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age" (map)
The Atlas of Middle-earth by Karen Wynn Fonstad suggests that the Ephel Dúath formed as a result of a caused by the cataclysms of the War of Wrath.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Second Age, "Introduction"
== Etymology ==
Ephel Dúath is Sindarin for 'Outer fences of dark shadow'.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ዐፕሀል ዹኣጥ
Arabic 	جبال الظل
Armenian 	Եպհել Դւատհ ?
Belarusian Cyrillic	Епhел Дуатh
Bengali 	এফেল দুঅথ্
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Епхел Дуатх
Catalan 	Èphel Duath
Chinese (Hong Kong)	伊菲爾杜斯 A.K.A. 黯影山脈
Danish 	Skyggebjergene
Georgian 	ეფელ დუათი
Greek 	Εφελ Ντουαθ
Gujarati 	એપેલ ડુથ
Hebrew 	אפל דואת
Hindi 	एफेल दुअथ्
Hungarian 	Árnyék-hegység A.K.A. Homály Kerítése
Japanese 	エフェル・ドゥーアス
Kannada 	ಎಫೆಲ್ ಡುವಾತ್
Kazakh 	Епһел Дұат (Cyrillic) Ephel Duat (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Эпhэл Дуат
Macedonian Cyrillic	Епхел Дуат
Marathi 	एपेल दुआथ
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Эпhэл Дуат
Nepalese 	एफेल दुअथ्
Pashto 	ېپهېل ضواته
Persian 	هپههل دواته
Russian 	Эфель Дуат
Sanskrit 	एफेल् डुअथ्
Serbian 	Епхел Дуат (Cyrillic) Ephel Duat (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ඒඵෙල් ඩුඅථ්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Епҳел Дуат
Tamil 	ஏப்ஹெல் டுஅத்ஹ்
Telugu 	ఏఫెల డుఅథ్
Thai 	เอเฟลดูอัธ
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Ефель-Дуат
Urdu 	ایپہال دواٹہ
Uzbek 	Епҳел Дуат (Cyrillic) Ephel Duat (Latin)
Yiddish 	ײפּהעל דואַטה
== References ==
Category:Sindarin names & words
Category:Mountain ranges
Category:Mordor
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