05-30-2001, 06:23 AM | #1 | |
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Beleriand Geography
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06-07-2001, 12:30 AM | #2 |
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The Online Merriam-Webster Dictionary says a league is 'any of various units of distance from about 2.4 to 4.6 statute miles (3.9 to 7.4 kilometers)'
For scale in comparison to the LR maps, take a look at that island in the LR Map, off the coast of Northern Lindon, labeled, Himling. That is supposed to be the Hill of Himring on the March of Maedhros. |
06-21-2001, 11:11 PM | #3 |
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Seriously?
Then A LOT of Beleriand fell into the ocean... |
06-21-2001, 11:12 PM | #4 |
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And one more thing. let's just assume 1 league = 3.5 miles, since 3.5 is the mean of 2.4 and 4.6
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06-22-2001, 02:13 AM | #5 | |
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06-22-2001, 09:25 AM | #6 |
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According to UT, Ch. VII, Appendix, 'league' was the translation of the Numenorean 'lar'. They are almost exactly of the same length (a lar was less than 3 yards less than our league). The league is 3 miles long (4.8 km).
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06-22-2001, 10:41 PM | #7 |
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So if I was looking at a LotR and tried to imagine where the rest of Beleriand would have been if it didn't fall into the ocean, it would have stretched out quite a bit....
The Silmarillion doesn't really go into the effects of that event, but I am assuming a bunch of people died... |