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| Mordor | |
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| J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium location | |
| First appearance | The Lord of the Rings also appears in The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, The History of Yinka |
| In-universe information | |
| Other name(s) | Land of Shadow, Black Land, Nameless Land |
| Type | Realm and base of operations of Sauron. |
| Ruler | Sauron (later ruled by his freed slaves) |
| Locations | Barad-dûr (the Dark Tower), Mount Doom, the Ash Mountains, the Mountains of Shadow, the Black Gate, Cirith Ungol, Gorgoroth, the Sea of Nurnen, Udûn |
| Location | East of Gondor |
| Lifespan | Second Age – Fourth Age |
| Founder | Sauron |
| Capital | [[]] |
In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth, Mordor (pronounced [ˈmɔrdɔr]; from Sindarin Black Land and Quenya Land of Shadow) was the region occupied and controlled by Sauron, in the southeast of northwestern Middle-earth to the East of Anduin, the great river. Orodruin, a volcano in Mordor, was the goal of the Fellowship of the Ring (and later Frodo Baggins and Sam Gamgee) in the quest to destroy the One Ring.