Sea of Rhûn

The Sea of Rhûn was a large, inland sea located in eastern Middle-earth.
== Geography ==
The Sea of Rhûn was located in the west of the land of Rhûn, which was east of Rhovanion and north of Mordor. The River Running, flowing from the Lonely Mountain, and the River Redwater from the Iron Hills, fed the sea. The sea also contained a small, wooded island measuring about thirty miles along the southeastern and northwestern coasts and twenty upon the northeastern and southwestern coasts. According to the The Atlas of Middle-earth, the island was about seventy-five miles across.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Third Age, "Introduction" 
There were unnamed highlands on the southwest side of the sea and a beech-forest known as Neldoreth on the northeast side. Northwest of the sea was Dorwinion, a land of great gardens, vast vineyards and renowned wines. The Kine of Araw, wild, white cattle, were known to live near the sea's shores. The Great Horn of Gondor was made from the horn of one of these kine that had been hunted by Vorondil, a Steward of Gondor.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I. "The Númenórean Kings", iv. "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"
== History ==
During the Great Journey, the Telerin Elf Nowë started to develop his skills in building ships on the shores of the Sea of Rhûn.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 12 The Peoples of Middle-earth, part 2, ch. XIII Last Writings Also the Edain of the House of Bëor and of the House of Marach dwelt near the Sea of Rhûn before to continue their migration across the Rhovanion and the Eriador.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 12 The Peoples of Middle-earth, part 2, ch. XII The Problem of Ros
When Gondor was at the height of its power during the reign of King Hyarmendacil (TA 1015 - TA 1149), the realm extended east as far as the Sea of Rhûn. But as Gondor's power waned, Easterlings came into the area around the Sea of Rhûn and launched attacks on Gondor. In TA 1248, Minalcar (later called Romendacil) defeated an army of Easterlings between Rhovanion and the Sea of Rhûn and destroyed their settlements.
In TA 1944, an army of Wainriders gathered on the southern shores of the Sea of Rhûn before launching an assault on Gondor that left King Ondoher dead.
During the War of the Ring, forces under the rule of Sauron mustered in the lands beyond the Sea of Rhûn. In the decades after the downfall of Sauron, Aragorn and Éomer rode beyond the Sea of Rhûn to enforce peace with the Easterlings.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers, II. "The House of Eorl"
== Formation ==
As well as the rest of the whole easternmost portion of Middle-earth, also called Palisor, information about the Sea of Rhûn is few and vague. In fact, because it was not depicted in the maps of Ambarkanta, The Atlas of Middle-earth by Karen Wynn Fonstad proposed that the Sea of Rhûn, along with the Sea of Núrnen, was a remnant of the Sea of Helcar, that was drained in the Belegaer as a consequence of the War of Wrath.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Second Age, "Introduction" However, in The Peoples of Middle-earth, the twelfth volume of The History of Middle-earth that was published after the Atlas, is clear that the Sea of Rhûn existed already in the First Age. A second theory was proposed in The War of the Jewels, the eleventh volume of the History, by Christopher Tolkien, who have speculated that the Sea of Rhûn might "[...] be identified with the Sea of Helcar, vastly shrunken".The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 11 The War of the Jewels, part 2, ch. IX Of Men Overall, J.R.R. Tolkien left the exact relationship between the inland seas of eastern Middle-earth unclear.
== In adaptations ==
In the mobile game The Lord of The Rings: Rise of War, near the western shore of the Sea of Rhûn exists the city of Kineland, presented as the most important city of the Easterlings.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	See van Rhûn
Albanian 	Deti i Rhûn
Amharic 	ርሁን ባሕር
Arabic 	بحر رهون
Armenian 	Ծով Րհուն
Azerbaijani 	Rhûn Dəniz
Basque 	Rhûn itsasoa
Belarusian Cyrillic	мора Рhун
Bengali 	ঢ়ুন সাগর
Bosnian 	Mora Rhûn
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Море от Рхюн
Catalan 	Mar de Rhûn
Cebuano 	Dagat sa Rhûn
Chinese 	盧恩內海
Corsican 	Mari di Rhûn
Croatian 	Rhûn Mora
Czech 	Rhûnské moře
Danish 	Rhûnsøen (hav)
Dutch 	Zee van Rhûn
Esperanto 	Maro de Rhûn
Estonian 	Rhûni meri
Fijian 	Wasawasa ni Rhûn
Filipino 	Dagat ng Rhûn
Finnish 	Rhûnin järvi
French 	Mer de Rhûn
Frisian 	See fan Rhûn
Galician 	Mar de Rhûn
Georgian 	რჰუნ ზღვის
German 	Meer von Rhûn
Greek 	Θάλασσα του Ρύν
Gujarati 	ર્હુન સમુદ્ર
Haitian Creole 	Lanmè an Rhûn
Hawaiian 	Kai o Rhûn
Hebrew 	ימת רהון
Hindi 	समुद्र के र्हुन ?
Hmong 	Hiav txwv ntawm Rhûn
Hungarian 	Rhûn-tenger
Icelandic 	Sjávar af Rhúni
Igbo 	Oké osimiri nke Rhûn
Indonesian 	Laut Rhûn
Irish Gaelic 	Muir na Rhûn
Italian 	Mare di Rhûn
Javanese 	Segara Rhûn
Kannada 	ಱ್ಹುನ ಸಮುದ್ರ
Kazakh 	Рһұн теңізі (Cyrillic) Rhun teñizi (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Рhун деңиз
Latin 	Mare Rhûn
Latvian 	Jūra Rhûn
Lithuanian 	Jūra Rhûn
Luxembourgish 	Mier vun Rhûn
Macedonian Cyrillic	Море на Рхун
Malagasy 	Ranomasina Rhûn
Malaysian 	Laut Rhûn
Maltese 	Baħar ta ' Rhûn
Maori 	Moana o Rhûn
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Рhун тэнгисийн
Nepalese 	ढ़ुन को समुद्र
Norwegian 	Sjøen av Rhûn
Persian 	دریایی از رهون
Polish 	Morze Rhûn
Portuguese 	Mar de Rhûn
Romanian 	Marea Rhûn
Russian 	Море Рун
Samoan 	Sami o Rhûn
Scottish Gaelic 	Muir of Rhûn
Serbian 	Море Рун (Cyrillic) More Run (Latin)
Sesotho 	Leoatle la Rhûn
Sinhalese 	ර්හුන් මුහුද
Slovak 	Rhûn Mora
Slovenian 	Rhûn morje
Somalian 	Badda ee Rhûn
Spanish 	Mar de Rhûn
Sundanese 	Laut tina Rhûn
Swahili 	Bahari ya Rhûn
Swedish 	Hav i Rhûn
Tajik Cyrillic 	Баҳри Рҳун
Tamil 	ற்ஹுந் கடல்
Telugu 	ఱ్హున సముద్రం
Thai 	รูห์นทะเลของ
Tongan 	Tahi 'o Rhûn
Turkish 	Rhûn Denizi
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Рунійське море
Urdu 	سمندر کا رهون ?
Uzbek 	Рҳун денгиз (Cyrillic) Rhûn dengiz (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Biển Rhûn
Welsh 	Môr o Rhûn
Yiddish 	ים פון רהûן
Yoruba 	Òkun ti Rhûn
 
== References ==
Category:Seas
Category:Far Eastern Lands
Category:Rhûn
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