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Barad-Dur and Mount Doom can be seen through the open gate between the Towers of the Teeth. In 1957, Morton Grady Zimmerman and colleagues proposed to Tolkien with a screenplay that they make a film of Lord of the Rings combining animation, miniatures and live action. The final drama of the Battle of the Black Gate was to feature Gandalf's ...
Mount Doom, a volcano in Mordor, was the goal of the Fellowship of the Ring in the quest to destroy the One Ring. Mordor was surrounded by three mountain ranges, to the north, the west, and the south. These both protected the land from invasion and kept those living in Mordor from escaping.
The Lord of the Rings; Start From Bag End in the Shire: End of 1st phase: Trip down River Running, nearing Erebor: Trip down River Anduin, nearing Mordor: Approaching the goal: Cross the dragon's withered hearth: Cross the evil polluted plain of Gorgoroth: Achieving the quest: Enter hole in side of the Lonely Mountain: Enter hole in side of ...
K2, at 8,611 metres (28,251 ft) above sea level, is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest at 8,849 metres (29,032 ft). [5] It lies in the Karakoram range, partially in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-administered Kashmir and partially in the China-administered Trans-Karakoram Tract in the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang.
The site is 3 km (1.9 miles) north of the Iranian border, 16 km (9.9 miles) southeast of Doğubayazıt in the Ağrı Province, and 29 kilometres (18 miles) south of the Greater Mount Ararat summit, at an elevation of 1,966 to 2,004 m (6,450 to 6,575 ft) above sea level.
The Sierra Madre is the longest mountain range in the Philippines.Spanning over 540 kilometers (340 mi), it runs from the province of Cagayan down to the province of Quezon in a north-south direction on the eastern portion of Luzon, the largest island of the archipelago.
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park is a national park on the northern side of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia.The 14,977-hectare (37,010-acre) park is 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of the Sydney central business district and generally comprises the land east of the M1 Pacific Motorway, south of the Hawkesbury River, west of Pittwater and north of Mona Vale Road.
For the 50th anniversary of the ski circuit, the first White Ring ski race was held in the 2005/2006 season. 1,000 skiers participated in the event. [3] The course record is 44:10:75 minutes and held since 2010 by Markus Weiskopf. [4] In 2023 the race was cancelled due to heavy snowfall. [5]