Mount Doom

Mount Doom, also known as Orodruin and Amon Amarth, was a volcano in Mordor where the One Ring was forged by the Dark Lord Sauron, and accordingly the only place in which it could be destroyed. It was the ultimate destination of Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee in the Quest of the Ring at the end of the Third Age.
==History==
Mount Doom was the result of works of the first Dark Lord, Melkor, in the First Age.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII The Peoples of Middle-earth, ch. XIII: Last Writings
In the Second Age, Sauron chose the land of Mordor as his dwelling-place. He used the fire that welled there from the heart of the earth in his sorceries and his forging. Around SA 1600, Sauron forged the One Ring in the depths of the Cracks of Doom, which was built within Mount Doom itself. In SA 3429, Mount Doom erupted, signaling Sauron's attack on Gondor, where it earned its name "Amon Amarth."The Silmarillion, Of the Rings of Power and the Third AgeThe Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I: The Númenórean Kings, (i): "Númenor"
After the War of the Last Alliance and Sauron's disappearance, the mountain slept,The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter III: "Mount Doom" and only sprung into life in TA 2954, after Sauron's return to Mordor.
On March 25, TA 3019, Frodo and Sam ascended the slopes of Mount Doom, and entered Sammath Naur. Gollum had ascended as well, at a distance from them.
With the ensuing destruction of the One Ring, Mount Doom erupted with great force, sending massive lava floes down its sides and scattering the area with volcanic debris. The cone of the volcano was ripped apart by the eruption, and the Nazgûl and their mounts were destroyed in the ejection of lava as they tried to reach Frodo to reclaim the Ring.
==Description==
Mount Doom was located on the Plateau of Gorgoroth in northwestern Mordor. It stood about 4,500 feet with its base about 3,000 feet tall.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Lord of the Rings, "Mount Doom" It was connected to Barad-dûr through the steaming fissures of Sauron's Road.
In The Atlas of Middle-earth by Karen Wynn Fonstad, who published her work before the completion of The History of Middle-earth, it is suggested that the Mount Doom and all of Mordor formed as a result of a , draining the Sea of Helcar in the Belegaer, caused by the cataclysms of the War of Wrath.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Second Age, "Introduction" However, this hypothesis is negated in the 12th volume of The History of Middle-earth, The Peoples of Middle-earth, where is stated that the mountain had already been created by Melkor in the First Age.
== Etymology==
Orodruin was the common Sindarin name for Mount Doom. It means "Fire Mountain", from orod ("mountain") and ruin ("burning, fiery red"). However, the literal Sindarin translation for Mount Doom is Amon Amarth, from amon ("hill, mountain") and amarth ("doom, fate").Parma Eldalamberon, Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienGuide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings, Mordor It is possible that "Doom" is a mis-anglicization of "Dun", an old-English and possibly Rohanese term for "mountain".
==Gallery==
==In adaptations==
thumb|175px|Mount Doom as depicted in the 1980 film
===Rankin/Bass' The Return of the King===
In The Return of the King film created by Rankin/Bass, Mount Doom is depicted as a slender composite volcano. The slopes of Mount Doom have a jagged, rocky landscape with ash channels. The Sammath Naur is shown as a small iron door way into a tunnel that leads to a open cavern with a lava pit in the center of it.
===Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy===
In Peter Jackson's film trilogy, the New Zealand volcano Mount Ngauruhoe was used as Mount Doom in some scenes. In long shots, the mountain is either a large model or a CGI effect or a combination. Filming the summit of Ngauruhoe itself was not permitted because it is sacred to the Māori of the region. However, some scenes on the slopes of Mount Doom were filmed on the actual slopes of Mount Ruapehu.Brian Sibley, The Making of the Movie Trilogy The Lord of the Rings, Houghton Mifflin (2002)
On November 22, 2012, it was incorrectly reported by media outside New Zealand that "Mount Doom" Ngauruhoe had erupted. The reported eruption was actually from nearby Mount Tongariro, not Mount Ngauruhoe.
===The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power===
In the alternate continuity of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, the mountain, called Orodruin, has been dormant for many years during Sauron's seeming disappearance. The dark Elf Adar, seeking to create a home for the Orcs where they need not fear the sunlight, executes a plan that channels a vast amount of water into tunnels dug into the mountain's base, causing an enormous eruption.
This is contrary to the original cause of Mordor's desolation, described by Christopher Tolkien as a result "of the devastating work of Melkor" in the First Age.The Peoples of Middle-earth, pg. 390
=== The Lord of the Rings Online ===
In The Lord of the Rings Online, the eruption of Mount Doom has spilled mostly onto the southern side, creating a large lake of burning fire on the plain below. The northern slope has been affected as well, with massive fissures and cracks opening all over the landscape. The ruins of Barad-dûr in particular have been enveloped by a river of lava. Elsewhere in Mordor the eruption has left its marks as well; in the south, between the Ephel Dúath and the Morgai, the groundwaters have been released by the shaking of the earth, flooding the valley and transforming it into a rotting swamp.
==Real world==
The International Astronomical Union names all mountains on Saturn's moon Titan after mountains in J.R.R. Tolkien's work. In 2012, they named a Titanian mountain "Doom Mons" after Mount Doom.
The Swedish death metal band Amon Amarth is named after the Sindarin translation for Mount Doom.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Berg Straf
Albanian 	Mali Dënim
Amharic 	የጥፋት ተራራ
Arabic 	جبل الهلاك
Armenian 	Ճակատագրական լեռ (Mount Doom) Օրոդրուին (Orodruin)
Azerbaijani 	Dağ əcəl
Basque 	Mendiaren Infernura
Bengali 	সর্বনাশের পাহাড়
Bosnian 	Planina Propasti
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Връх съдбата (Mount Doom) Ородруин (Orodruin)
Burmese 	ပျက်စီးခြင်း၏တောင်
Cambodian 	សភ្នំវិនាស
Catalan 	Muntanya del Destí
Chichewa 	Phiri Chilango
Chinese (Hong Kong) 	末日火山 (Mount Doom) 歐洛都因 (Orodruin)
Cornish 	Menedh Terros ?
Corsican 	Muntagna Andantino
Croatian 	Kleta Gora
Czech 	Hora osudu
Danish 	Dommedagsbjerget
Dutch 	Doemberg
Esperanto 	Fatalo-Monto
Estonian 	Turmamägi
Filipino 	Bundok ng Lagim
Finnish 	Tuomiovuori
French 	Montagne du Destin (first translation) Mont Destin (second translation)
Frisian 	Doemspjalten (Western)
Galician 	Monte do Destino
Georgian 	ბედისწერის მთა (Mount Doom) ოროდრუინი (Orodruin)
German 	Schicksalsberg
Greek 	Όρος μοίρα
Gujarati 	મપ્રારબ્ધનો પહાડ
Haiti Creole 	Mòn Fayit
Hebrew 	(Orodruin) אורודרואין (Mount Doom) הר האבדון
Hindi 	माउंट कयामत
Hungarian 	A Végzet Hegye
Icelandic 	Dómsfjall
Indonesian 	Gunung Azab
Italian 	Monte Fato
Japanese 	滅びの山 (Mount Doom) オロドルイン (Orodruin)
Javanese 	Gunung Siksa
Kannada 	ಮೌವಿನಾಶದ ಪರ್ವತ
Kazakh 	Қиямет тауы (Cyrillic) Qïyamet tawı (Latin)
Korean 	마운트 운명
Kurdish 	Çiyayê Qiyamet (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Кыямат тоосу
Latin 	Montis Fati
Latvian 	Kalns Liktenis
Lithuanian 	Lemties kalne
Luxembourgish 	Montéierung
Macedonian Cyrillic 	Планината на судбината
Malagasy 	Tendrombohitra Loza
Malayalam 	വിധി കൊടുമുടി
Maltese 	Impunjazzjoni kundanna
Malaysian 	Gunung Azab
Marathi 	नाशाचा डोंगर
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Мөхлийн уул
Nepalese 	मविनाशको पहाड
Norwegian 	Dommedagsberget
Occitan 	Mont del Destin
Pashto 	د عذاب غر
Persian 	کوه هلاکت
Polish 	Góra Przeznaczenia
Portuguese 	Montanha da Perdição (Brazil)
Monte da Condenação or Montanha de Fogo Portuguese (Portugal)
Punjabi 	ਤਬਾਹੀ ਦਾ ਪਹਾੜ
Romanian 	Muntele Osândei
Romansh 	Destin Muntogna ?
Russian 	Роковая Гора (Mount Doom) Ородруин (Orodruin)
Serbian 	Планина Усуда (Cyrillic) Planina Usuda (Latin)
Sindhi 	عذاب ٿي ويھو
Sinhalese 	විනාශයේ කන්ද
Slovak 	Hora Osudu
Slovenian 	Gori Pogube
Somali 	Buur Cadaab
Spanish (Spain and Latin America)	Monte del Destino
Swahili 	Adhabu ya Mlima
Swedish 	Domedagsberget
Tajik Cyrillic 	Кӯҳи ҳалокат
Tamil 	அழிவின் மலை
Telugu 	డూమ్ పర్వతం
Thai 	ภูมฤตยู
Turkish 	Hüküm Dağı
Turkmen 	Heläkçilik Dagy
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Вогняна Гора (Mount Doom) Ородруїн (Orodruin)
Urdu 	عذاب کا پہاڑ
Uzbek 	Қиёмат тоғи (Cyrillic) Qiyomat tog'i (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Núi Diệt Vong
Yiddish 	באַרג פאַרמישפּעטן
Zazaki 	Koyê Hukımi
==References==
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Category:Mordor
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pl:Góra Przeznaczenia
pt-br:Montanha da Perdição
ru:Ородруин