Mountain of Doom

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Mountain of Doom is the English rendering of Mount Doom’s name, referring to the fiery volcanic peak in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth where the One Ring was forged and can be destroyed.

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Mountain of Doom canonical 1
slopes of Mount Doom 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional mountain
location in Middle-earth
volcano
alsoKnownAs Mount Doom
Orodruin
linked to: Mount Doom
appearsInAdaptation The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003 film trilogy)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (film)
appearsInWork The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings
The Return of the King
The Silmarillion
The Two Towers
associatedCharacter Frodo Baggins
Gollum
Samwise Gamgee
Sauron
associatedObject the One Ring
linked to: The One Ring
authorCreatedBy J. R. R. Tolkien
climacticEvent destruction of the One Ring
fall of Sauron
linked to: Fall of Sauron
controlledBy Sauron
countryOfAuthor United Kingdom
eraInFiction Third Age of Middle-earth
fictionalUniverse Middle-earth
functionInNarrative only place where the One Ring can be destroyed
place where the One Ring was forged
genre high fantasy
hasAccessRoute Sammath Naur
the road from Barad-dûr
hasFeature Cracks of Doom
fiery volcanic peak
lava flows
hasOriginalName Orodruin
linked to: Mount Doom
languageOfName English
locatedIn Mordor
the Plateau of Gorgoroth
linked to: Gorgoroth
medium literature
nearbyLocation Barad-dûr
Morgai
Mountains of Shadow
originalNameLanguage Sindarin
partOf Sauron’s realm of Mordor
linked to: Mordor
symbolism destructive power of evil
temptation and corruption
threatLevelInStory catastrophic
usedFor attempted destruction of the One Ring
forging of the One Ring

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Mount Doom nameMeaning Mountain of Doom
Meneldor locationOfRescue slopes of Mount Doom
linked to: Mountain of Doom