However, the literal Sindarin translation for Mount Doom is Amon Amarth, from amon ('hill, mountain') and amarth ('doom, fate'). It means 'Fire Mountain', from orod ('mountain') and ruin ('burning, fiery red'). Orodruin was the common Sindarin name for Mount Doom. The cone of the volcano was ripped apart by the eruption, and the Nazgûl and their mounts were destroyed in the ejection of lava as they tried to reach Frodo to reclaim the Ring. With the destruction of the Ring, Mount Doom erupted with great force, sending massive lava floes down its sides and scattering the area with volcanic debris. On TA 3019, Frodo and Sam trekked the slopes of Mount Doom and entered Sammath Naur.

On SA 3429, Mount Doom erupted, signaling Sauron's attack on Gondor, where it earned its name 'Amon Amarth.' Īfter the War of the Last Alliance and Sauron's disappearance, it was dormant and only sprung into life in TA 2954 after Sauron's return to Mordor. Around SA 1600, Sauron forged the One Ring in the depths of the Cracks of Doom, which was built within Mount Doom itself. He used the fire that welled there from the heart of the earth in his sorceries and his forging. Historyĭuring the Second Age, Sauron chose the land of Mordor as his dwelling-place.

It stood about 4,500 feet with its base about 3,000 feet tall. It was connected to Barad-dûr through the steaming fissures of Sauron's Road. Mount Doom was located on the Plateau of Gorgoroth in northwestern Mordor. Mount Doom, marked in red, as seen in The Battle for Middle-earth II

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