Dates

Created by the inrushing Sea during the cataclysms at the end of the First Age

Location

A deep gulf flowing from Eriador out through the Blue Mountains and Lindon

Settlements

Source

Fed by the River Lhûn after its course was changed at the end of the First Age

Tributaries

One unnamed tributary flowing southward out of Forlindon

Outflow

Pronunciation

Lhûn is pronounced approximately 'lhoo'n'

Meaning

The name of the Gulf comes from the River Lhûn, which in turn means 'blue' (that is, the river flowing out of the Blue Mountains)

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Gulf of Lhûn

An immense northern inlet of the Great Sea

The gulf of the Great Sea where the River Lhûn had its outflow, separating the lands of Forlindon to the north and Harlindon to the south. Mithlond, the Grey Havens, lay at the eastern end of this gulf.

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