![]() ![]() What is known is that the east was a heavily defended area containing a border of forts facing towards Sauron's allies in Rhun. The east of Mordor is not mentioned often in descriptions of Mordor. Mordor as seen on a map of Middle-earth, marked with red. Directly east lies Rhûn, the Eastlands, and to the west lies Khand. The narrow land of Ithilien with the city of Osigiliath lies to the west of Mordor. The land was somewhat fertile due to the ashes from Mount Doom, allowing dry-land farming. Núrn, in the southern part of Mordor, was more fertile and sufficiently moist to house the inland sea of Núrnen. ![]() Mordor was protected from attacks on all fronts because of its unscalable mountains, while the arid lands of Gorgoroth and Núrn caused great attrition to armies that did manage to break through, preventing them from staying there for a prolonged period of time. The plateau of Gorgoroth lies to the south-west of Barad-dûr, and so does Mount Doom to the east lies the plains of Lithlad. Sauron's Dark Tower, the fortress of Barad-dûr, was located at the foothill of the Ash Mountains. The only viable large entryway into Mordor lies in the north-west corner of Mordor: the deep valley of Udûn protected by the Black Gate of Mordor. The Ash Mountains lie in the north and the Mountains of Shadow in the west and south. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.Mordor is protected by three mountain ranges on all sides. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior. Overusing our search engine with a very large number of searches in a very short amount of time. ![]()
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