The Gulf of Lune, also known as the Gulf of Lhûn, was a sea-arm roughly in the shape of an arrowhead that cut the Blue Mountains and the land of Lindon into two.[1]
Origin[]
After the War of Wrath, at the location of Mount Dolmed and the Dwarven citadel of Nogrod, Belegaer broke through the mountains, creating the Gulf of Lune. After the breach, the river Lune emptied into it, giving it its name.[1]
History[]
The remnant of Beleriand north of the gulf became known as Forlindon, and the part south of it as Harlindon (North and South Lindon). At the eastern end of the Gulf the Grey Havens of Mithlond were found, but smaller havens were established in Forlindon and Harlindon as well: Forlond and Harlond (North and South haven).
During the Second Age the ships of the Númenóreans first came to the Gulf of Lune to visit the Ñoldor and Sindar under Gil-galad who remained behind, and the great fleet led by Ciryatur sailed up the Gulf to relieve the Grey Havens during the War of the Elves and Sauron.
In the Third Age, the ships of the Eldar sailed down the gulf and into the Far West. The fleet of Eärnur of Gondor also passed this way in TA 1975 en route to the Battle of Fornost.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Golf van Lune |
| Amharic | የሉን ባሕረ ሰላጤ |
| Albanian | Gjiri i Lune |
| Arabic | لوني خلیجی |
| Armenian | Լւնե ծոց |
| Asturian | Golfu de Lune |
| Azerbaijani | Lune körfəzi |
| Basque | Lune golkoa |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Луне заліў |
| Bengali | লুনে উপসাগর |
| Bosnian | Lune zaliv |
| Breton | Pleg-mor Lune |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Луне залив |
| Catalan | Golf de Lune |
| Cebuano | Gulpo sa Lune |
| Croatian | Lune zaljev |
| Czech | Lune záliv |
| Danish | Lhûnbugten |
| Dutch | Golf van Lune |
| Esperanto | Golfo de Lune |
| Estonian | Lune laht |
| Faroese | Luneflógvin |
| Finnish | Lhûnin lahti |
| French | Golfe de Lhûn |
| Frisian | Golf Lune (Northern) Golf fan Lune (Western) |
| Galician | Golfo de Lune |
| Georgian | ლუნე ყურე |
| German | Golf von Lune |
| Greek | Κόλπος του Λυνε |
| Hebrew | מפרץ לוני |
| Hindi | ळुने की खाड़ी |
| Hungarian | Lune-öböl |
| Icelandic | Luneflói |
| Indonesian | Teluk Lune |
| Irish Gaelic | Murascaill de Lune |
| Italian | Golfo di Lune |
| Korean | 루네 걸프 |
| Kurdish | Kendava ji Lune (Kurmanji) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Лунэ бою ойдуңу |
| Latvian | Lune līcis |
| Lithuanian | Lune įlanka |
| Luxembourgish | Golf vu Lune |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Луне Залив |
| Malaysian | Teluk Lune |
| Marathi | ळुने आखात |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Луне булан |
| Norwegian | Lunegolfen |
| Occitan | Golf de Lune |
| Persian | خلیج لونه |
| Polish | Zatoka Lune |
| Portuguese | Golfo do Lune |
| Punjabi | ਲੂਨ ਦੀ ਖਾੜੀ |
| Romanian | Golful Lune |
| Russian | Залив Лун |
| Sardinian | Golfu de su Lune |
| Scots | Gulf o Lune |
| Scottish Gaelic | Camas de Lune |
| Serbian | Луне залив (Cyrillic) Lune zaliv (Latin) |
| Sicilian | Gulfu dû Lune |
| Slovak | Lune záliv |
| Slovenian | Lune zaliv |
| Somali | Gacanka Lune |
| Spanish | Golfo de Lune |
| Swahili | Ghuba ya Lune |
| Swedish | Lune Bukten |
| Tamil | லுநெ வளைகுடா |
| Turkish | Lune Körfezi |
| Turkmen | Lune Aýlagy |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Луне затока |
| Urdu | خلیج لونے |
| Uzbek | Луне қўлтиғи (Cyrillic) Lune qoʻltigʻi (Latin) |
| Venetian | Golfo de Lune |
| Vietnamese | Vịnh Lune |
| Welsh | Gwlff o Lune |
| Yiddish | איינגאס פון לונע |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Atlas of Middle-earth, Regional Maps, "Eriador"