Maglor’s Gap

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Maglor’s Gap is a broad, strategically vital pass in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Beleriand that lay between the arms of the Ered Luin and served as the easternmost stronghold of the Noldorin Elves.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Maglor’s Gap canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional geographic location ⓘ
mountain pass ⓘ
strategic pass ⓘ
appearsIn The History of Middle-earth ⓘ
The Silmarillion ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Noldorin settlement in East Beleriand ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Noldor ⓘ
linked to: the Noldor

Sons of Fëanor ⓘ
attackedBy forces of Morgoth ⓘ
borderedBy Ered Luin ⓘ
Himring ⓘ
March of Maedhros ⓘ
breachedDuring Dagor Bragollach ⓘ
createdBy J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
defendedDuring Siege of Angband ⓘ
linked to: Dagor Bragollach
era First Age ⓘ
function easternmost stronghold of the Noldor in Beleriand ⓘ
guardedBy Maedhros ⓘ
Maglor ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
locatedBetween arms of the Ered Luin ⓘ
locatedEastOf Dorthonion ⓘ
locatedInFictionalUniverse Middle-earth ⓘ
locatedInRegion Beleriand ⓘ
locatedNorthOf East Beleriand ⓘ
linked to: Beleriand
locatedWestOf Eriador ⓘ
namedAfter Maglor ⓘ
partOf Siege of Angband ⓘ
linked to: Dagor Bragollach
roleInNarrative key defensive position against Angband ⓘ
strategicImportance main eastern entry into Beleriand from the north and east ⓘ
typeOfTerrain broad pass ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Beleriand → containsPass → Maglor’s Gap ⓘ
Himring → near → Maglor’s Gap ⓘ
Maglor → heldTerritory → Maglor’s Gap ⓘ