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Western Sea

The Great Sea west of Middle-earth

Map of the Western Sea
The northern parts of the Western Sea (somewhat conjectural)1
The northern parts of the Western Sea (somewhat conjectural)1

The broad ocean that lay off the western coasts of Middle-earth, that in earlier days could be sailed westward to Númenor, or - in earlier times still - to distant Aman in the Uttermost West.


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For details about the source of this map, see note 2 to the entry for Belegaer.

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