Sea of Núrnen

The Sea of Núrnen, also known as Lake Núrnen,Both times Núrnen is referenced in The Return of the King, it is referred to as a lake (pp. 221 and 275). was a large inland body of water in Mordor.The Lord of the Rings, "The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age" (map) It was roughly half the size of the Sea of Rhûn.
Núrnen was located in the southeast of Mordor. It was fed by rivers flowing down from the outcroppings of the Ephel Dúath and Ash Mountains that separated the volcanic plateau of Gorgoroth from the fertile volcanic plains of Núrn, and its waters were described by Tolkien as "the dark, sad waters of Lake Núrnen". Its waters were likely used for irrigation purposes to irrigate the fields of Nurn.
After the War of the Ring, King Elessar granted the lands around Núrnen to the freed slaves of Mordor.
==History==
In The Atlas of Middle-earth, Karen Wynn Fonstad assumed that the Sea of Núrnen and Sea of Rhûn were the remnants of the inland Sea of Helcar.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Second Age, "Introduction" The Atlas was however published before The Peoples of Middle-earth, where it was revealed that the Sea of Rhûn existed already in the First Age,The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 12 The Peoples of Middle-earth, part 2, ch. XII The Problem of RosThe History of Middle-earth, Vol. 12 The Peoples of Middle-earth, part 2, ch. XIII Last Writings thus before the draining of the Sea of Helcar, but anything is stated about the Sea of Núrnen.
==In adaptations==
The only appearance of the Sea of Núrnen in media is in the game Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. It depicts Mordor just after Sauron's return before the War of the Ring. In this game the history of Mordor's inland sea is enriched: after the War of the Last Alliance Gondor built defensive outposts around Núrnen to watch over it and protect the lands around it from invading forces from the south trying to enter Mordor through the Nargil pass. The southern tributary of the Sea of Núrnen is also given a name, the Gurthrant river (borrowed from MERP). However, when the Great Plague struck from the east, the Gondorian forts were abandoned, allowing the Corsairs of Umbar to claim them as places from which to direct pirate raids into Ithilien and Khand. Over the time these Corsairs, separated from their evil lords in Umbar, settled down as a peaceful independent nation, naming themselves the Tribesmen of Núrn and starting to farm the fertile lands around Mordor's inland sea. However, when Sauron returned, he fought with the Tribesmen - even though they tried to defend against him they were trapped inside Mordor, so he enslaved them to make food for his growing armies.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	See van Núrnen
Amharic 	ኑርነን ባሕር
Arabic 	بحيرة نورنن
Armenian 	Նւրնենյան ծով
Azerbaijani 	Núrnen dənizi
Basque 	Núrnenako itsasoa
Belarusian Cyrillic	Нурненско Море
Bengali 	নুরনেন সাগর
Breton 	Mor Núrnen
Bosnian 	Núrnensko jezero
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Нурнен море
Catalan 	Mar d'Núrnen
Chinese 	內陸海諾南
Cornish 	Mor Núrnen
Croatian 	Núrnensko more
Czech 	Núrnenské moře
Danish 	Núrnensøen (hav)
Dutch 	Zee van Nurnen
Esperanto 	Maro de Núrnen
Estonian 	Núrnen meri
Faroese 	Núrnen sjónota
Finnish 	Núrnen meri
French 	Mer de Núrnen
Galician 	Mar de Núrnen
German 	Núrnen-Meer
Greek 	Θάλασσα της Νυρνεν
Haitian Creole 	Lanmè de Núrnen
Hebrew 	נורנן ים
Hindi 	णुर्नेन सागर
Hungarian 	Núrneni-tenger
Icelandic 	Núrnenshaf
Indonesian 	Laut Núrnen
Irish Gaelic 	Muir Núrnen
Italian 	Mare di Núrnen
Japanese 	ニュルンの海
Javanese 	Segara Núrnen
Kazakh 	Нүрнен теңізі (Cyrillic) Nürnen teñizi (Latin)
Korean 	넨넨해 ?
Kurdish 	Deryaya Núrnen (Kurmanji Kurdish)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Нүрнэн деңизи
Latin 	Mare Núrnen
Latvian 	Núrnenas jūra
Lithuanian 	Núrneno jūra
Luxembourgish 	Mier Núrnen
Macedonian Cyrillic	Нурненско Море
Malagasy 	Ranomasina Núrnen
Malaysian 	Laut Núrnen
Manx 	Mooir Núrnen
Marathi 	नरेनअॅक समुद्र
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Нурненын тэнгис
Norwegian 	Núrnensjøen
Occitan 	Mar d'Núrnen
Old English 	Núrnen Mere
Persian 	دریاچه نورنهن
Polish 	Morze Núrnen
Portuguese 	Mar de Núrnen
Punjabi 	ਨੂਰਨੇਨ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ
Romanian 	Marea Núrneni
Scottish Gaelic 	Muir Núrnen
Serbian (Cyrillic) 	Море Нурнен
Serbian (Latin) 	More Nurnen
Sicilian 	Mari di Núrnen
Slovenian 	Núrnensko morje
Spanish 	Mar de Núrnen
Swahili 	Ziwa Núrnen
Swedish 	Núrnenska sjön
Tajik Cyrillic 	Нурнен баҳр
Turkish 	Núrnen Denizi
Turkmen 	Núrnen deňiz
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Нурнен море
Urdu 	بحیرہ نورنان
Uzbek 	Нурнен денгизи (Cyrillic) Nurnen dengizi (Latin)
Venetian 	Mar d'Núrnen
Vietnamese 	Biển Núrnen
Welsh 	Môr Núrnen
Yiddish 	ים נורנען
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