Sea of Rhûn

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body of water in Middle-earth fictional lake

The Sea of Rhûn is a large inland lake in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, situated in the far east beyond the lands familiar from The Lord of the Rings.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Sea of Rhûn canonical	3
Inland seas of Middle-earth	1
Lake Mithrim	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	body of water in Middle-earth ⓘ fictional lake ⓘ
appearsIn	The Hobbit ⓘ surface form: The Hobbit (maps) The Lord of the Rings appendices ⓘ surface form: The Lord of the Rings (appendices and maps) The Silmarillion ⓘ surface form: The Silmarillion (maps in some editions) Unfinished Tales ⓘ surface form: Unfinished Tales (maps)
associatedWithPeople	Easterlings ⓘ Men of Rhûn ⓘ
cartographyBy	Christopher John Reuel Tolkien ⓘ surface form: Christopher Tolkien
countryOfOriginOfWork	United Kingdom ⓘ
creator	J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
describedAs	inland lake ⓘ large inland sea ⓘ
fandomWikiPage	https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Sea_of_Rh%C3%BBn ⓘ
firstPublishedIn	The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955) ⓘ
genre	high fantasy ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatus	primary canon (Tolkien legendarium) ⓘ
hasLanguageNameIn	Sindarin ⓘ
hasShoreRegion	lands of Rhûn ⓘ
locatedEastOf	Mirkwood ⓘ Misty Mountains ⓘ Rhovanion ⓘ Wilderland ⓘ
locatedInDirection	far east of Middle-earth ⓘ
locatedInFictionalUniverse	Middle-earth ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Rhûn ⓘ
mapFeatureIn	The Hobbit maps ⓘ The Lord of the Rings maps ⓘ
medium	literature ⓘ
mentionedIn	The Lord of the Rings appendices ⓘ surface form: The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A The Lord of the Rings appendices ⓘ surface form: The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B The Lord of the Rings appendices ⓘ surface form: The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F
nameElement	Rhûn ⓘ surface form: Rhûn means “east” in Sindarin
nameMeaning	Sea of the East ⓘ
notableFor	marking the eastern limits of the main published maps of Middle-earth ⓘ
partOf	eastern regions of Middle-earth ⓘ
relatedTo	Sea of Rhûn self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Inland seas of Middle-earth the Sea of Núrnen ⓘ surface form: Sea of Núrnen
timePeriod	exists in earlier Ages of Middle-earth ⓘ exists throughout the Third Age ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Middle-earth → hasSea → Sea of Rhûn ⓘ

Rhun → contains → Sea of Rhûn ⓘ

subject surface form: Rhûn

Sea of Rhûn → relatedTo → Sea of Rhûn self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Inland seas of Middle-earth

Rhovanion → borderedBy → Sea of Rhûn ⓘ

Beleriand → containsLake → Sea of Rhûn ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lake Mithrim