Amon Hen

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Amon Hen is a hill on the western shore of the River Anduin in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, known as the Seat of Seeing where the Fellowship of the Ring is broken.

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Amon Hen canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional hill
location in Middle-earth
alsoKnownAs Hill of Seeing
Seat of Seeing
appearsIn The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings
countryOfFictionalUniverse Arnor and Gondor setting
creator J. R. R. Tolkien
fictionalUniverse Middle-earth
firstPublishedIn The Fellowship of the Ring (1954)
hasCategory Hills in Middle-earth
Middle-earth locations
linked to: Middle-earth

The Lord of the Rings places
linked to: Middle-earth
hasStructure Seat of Seeing
languageOfName Sindarin
locatedIn Gondor
locatedNear Emyn Muil
Nen Hithoel
Rauros
locatedOn western shore of the River Anduin
locatedOpposite Amon Lhaw
meaningOfName Hill of the Eye
medium literature
notableEvent Aragorn finds Boromir mortally wounded nearby
Boromir attempts to take the One Ring from Frodo nearby
Frodo uses the Seat of Seeing to perceive distant lands
overlooks Nen Hithoel
the Falls of Rauros
linked to: Falls of Rauros

the River Anduin
linked to: Anduin
pairedWith Amon Lhaw
partOf Gondor’s northern border defenses
the two watch-hills of Nen Hithoel
sceneOf Boromir’s last stand
attack of the Uruk-hai on the Fellowship
breaking of the Fellowship of the Ring
usedBy the kings of Gondor
linked to: the Kings of Gondor
usedFor watching the borders of Gondor
visitedBy Aragorn
Boromir
Frodo Baggins
Gimli
Legolas
Meriadoc Brandybuck
Peregrin Took
Samwise Gamgee

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