Gulf of Lune

The Gulf of Lune, also known as the Gulf of Lhûn, was a sea-arm roughly in the shape of an arrowhead that cut the Blue Mountains and the land of Lindon into two.The Atlas of Middle-earth, Regional Maps, "Eriador"
==Origin==
The Gulf was named after the river Lhûn or more commonly - Lune - as created during the War of Wrath when Beleriand was broken. At the location of Mount Dolmed and the Dwarven citadel of Nogrod, Belegaer broke through the mountains, creating the Gulf of Lune.
==History==
The remnant of Beleriand north of the gulf became known as Forlindon, and the part south of it as Harlindon (North and South Lindon). At the eastern end of the Gulf the Grey Havens of Mithlond were found, but smaller havens were established in Forlindon and Harlindon as well: Forlond and Harlond (North and South haven).
During the Second Age the ships of the Númenóreans first came to the Gulf of Lune to visit the Ñoldor and Sindar under Gil-galad who remained behind, and the great fleet led by Ciryatur sailed up the Gulf to relieve the Grey Havens during the War of the Elves and Sauron.
In the Third Age, the ships of the Eldar sailed down the gulf and into the Far West. The fleet of Eärnur of Gondor also passed this way in TA 1975 en route to the Battle of Fornost.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Golf van Lune
Amharic 	የሉን ባሕረ ሰላጤ
Albanian 	Gjiri i Lune
Arabic 	لوني خلیجی
Armenian 	Լւնե ծոց
Asturian 	Golfu de Lune
Azerbaijani 	Lune körfəzi
Basque 	Lune golkoa
Belarusian Cyrillic	Луне заліў
Bengali 	লুনে উপসাগর
Bosnian 	Lune zaliv
Breton 	Pleg-mor Lune
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Луне залив
Catalan 	Golf de Lune
Cebuano 	Gulpo sa Lune
Croatian 	Lune zaljev
Czech 	Lune záliv
Danish 	Lhûnbugten
Dutch 	Golf van Lune
Esperanto 	Golfo de Lune
Estonian 	Lune laht
Faroese 	Luneflógvin
Finnish 	Lhûnin lahti
French 	Golfe de Lhûn
Frisian 	Golf Lune (Northern) Golf fan Lune (Western)
Galician 	Golfo de Lune
Georgian 	ლუნე ყურე
German 	Golf von Lune
Greek 	Κόλπος του Λυνε
Hebrew 	מפרץ לוני
Hindi 	ळुने की खाड़ी
Hungarian 	Lune-öböl
Icelandic 	Luneflói
Indonesian 	Teluk Lune
Irish Gaelic 	Murascaill de Lune
Italian 	Golfo di Lune
Korean 	루네 걸프
Kurdish 	Kendava ji Lune (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Лунэ бою ойдуңу
Latvian 	Lune līcis
Lithuanian 	Lune įlanka
Luxembourgish 	Golf vu Lune
Macedonian Cyrillic	Луне Залив
Malaysian 	Teluk Lune
Marathi 	ळुने आखात
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Луне булан
Norwegian 	Lunegolfen
Occitan 	Golf de Lune
Persian 	خلیج لونه
Polish 	Zatoka Lune
Portuguese 	Golfo do Lune
Punjabi 	ਲੂਨ ਦੀ ਖਾੜੀ
Romanian 	Golful Lune
Russian 	Залив Лун
Sardinian 	Golfu de su Lune
Scots 	Gulf o Lune
Scottish Gaelic 	Camas de Lune
Serbian 	Луне залив (Cyrillic) Lune zaliv (Latin)
Sicilian 	Gulfu dû Lune
Slovak 	Lune záliv
Slovenian 	Lune zaliv
Somali 	Gacanka Lune
Spanish 	Golfo de Lune
Swahili 	Ghuba ya Lune
Swedish 	Lune Bukten
Tamil 	லுநெ வளைகுடா
Turkish 	Lune Körfezi
Turkmen 	Lune Aýlagy
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Луне затока
Urdu 	خلیج لونے
Uzbek 	Луне қўлтиғи (Cyrillic) Lune qoʻltigʻi (Latin)
Venetian 	Golfo de Lune
Vietnamese 	Vịnh Lune
Welsh 	Gwlff o Lune
Yiddish 	איינגאס פון לונע
==References==
it:Golfo di Lune
fr:Golfe de Lhûn
ru:Залив Лун
Category:Bays
Category:Lindon