Ephel Dúath

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fictional mountain range geographical feature in Middle-earth

Ephel Dúath is the dark, mountainous border range of Mordor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, forming part of the land’s forbidding enclosure.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Ered Gorgoroth 1
the Ephel Dúath 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional mountain range ⓘ
geographical feature in Middle-earth ⓘ
adjacentTo Ithilien NERFINISHED ⓘ
Morgai NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nurn NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ephel Duath NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mountains of Shadow NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsIn The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Return of the King NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Silmarillion (appendices and background material) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Two Towers NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith the realm of Sauron NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains Minas Morgul valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tower of Cirith Ungol NERFINISHED ⓘ
creator J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
describedAs dark ⓘ
forbidding ⓘ
mountainous border range ⓘ
encloses the Plateau of Gorgoroth NERFINISHED ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Middle-earth ⓘ
formsBorderOf Mordor NERFINISHED ⓘ
formsPartOf the mountainous enclosure of Mordor NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicalType mountain range ⓘ
guardedBy Sauron’s forces ⓘ
hasFunction enclosure of Sauron’s realm ⓘ
natural defensive barrier of Mordor ⓘ
hasPass Cirith Gorgor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cirith Ungol NERFINISHED ⓘ
Morgul Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfName Sindarin NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Mordor NERFINISHED ⓘ
meaningOfName Fence of Shadow NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent Frodo and Sam’s passage through Cirith Ungol into Mordor ⓘ
Gondorian and Mordorian conflicts along the border ⓘ
orientation southern border of Mordor NERFINISHED ⓘ
western border of Mordor ⓘ
partOfRangeSystemWith Ered Lithui NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionOfMiddleEarth Rhovanion and surrounding lands (border area) ⓘ
routeUsedBy Frodo Baggins NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gollum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samwise Gamgee NERFINISHED ⓘ
separates Gondor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ithilien NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mordor NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Beleriand → bordersOn → Ephel Dúath ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ered Gorgoroth
Ered Lithui → connectedTo → Ephel Dúath ⓘ
Shelob → dwellsIn → Ephel Dúath ⓘ
Ered Lithui → formsWith → Ephel Dúath ⓘ
Minas Morgul → locatedInFictionalRegion → Ephel Dúath ⓘ
Cirith Ungol → partOf → Ephel Dúath ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Ephel Dúath