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Dates
Númenor was founded in II 32, and destroyed in the Downfall II 3319
Location
The western promontory of the island of Númenor
Race
Division
Culture
Family
The House of the Lords of Andúnië was prominent in the region
Settlements
Important peaks
Pronunciation
andoo'starr (where 'rr' emphasises that the final r sound should be pronounced)
Meaning
Other names

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Andustar

The Westlands of Númenor

Map of the Andustar
The Andustar or Westlands of Númenor (slightly conjectural)1
The Andustar or Westlands of Númenor (slightly conjectural)1

Regions of Númenor

The western promontory of Númenor, separated from the Hyarnustar to the south by the wide Bay of Eldanna. The Andustar formed a very roughly rectangular region, about 150 miles west to east, and 100 miles north to south. To the east, it bordered the Forostar and Mittalmar regions, but in all other directions it was surrounded by the ocean.

The Andustar was a generally fertile region, except along its northern coasts, where the landscape became higher and rockier, and forested by firs. Its western shores were broken by three bays, with the northernmost of these being the Bay of Andúnië. On the high land around this bay, the Númenóreans built the port and city of Andúnië, whose Lords were to be the ancestors of the Kings of Arnor and Gondor.


Notes

1

While the geography of Númenor is generally well established, certain elements on this map are based on textual references only, and may not be precise. In particular, the locations of the cities of Almaida and Ondosto are not specifically mapped, and the route of the road through the Andustar, although we know that it existed, may not have been exactly as shown here.

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