Maps of Middle-earth: The Second Age | Tolkien Explained

Covering the lands of Middle-earth during the Second Age, region by region. With Beleriand sunk into the sea, the world is changed. The elves create new realms for themselves, while the men of the First Age are given the island of Númenor by the Valar. As the Second Age begins and a new Dark Lord rises, alliances and enemies are made that will shape the world for ages to come.

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Beleriand Map - Lamarcana (translated by Nerd of the Rings)
Hurin Finds Morwen - Ted Nasmith
Beren - Jenny Dolfen
Galadriel and Celeborn at Lake Evendim - Ted Nasmith
Lossoth - Devon Cady-Lee
Mines of Moria - JC Barquet
Sauron - Jerry Vanderstelt
Farewell to Fangorn - Luca Bonatti
Celebrimbor and Annatar - WETA
Celebrimbor and Narvi - Auta i Lome
Fangorn - Adam Burton
Helm's Deep - Chris Rahn
Scouring of the Shire - Owen William Weber
Dunlending - John Howe
Numenorean Port - Inacio Henrique
Porto Numenor - Giovanni Calore
Numenor - Issi Saeta Cabrera
Eldalonde - Matej Cadil
Annuminas - Ted Nasmith
Armenelos - Nemanja Bubalo
The Ships of the Faithful - Ted Nasmith
Oathbreakers, Why Have Ye Come? - Abe Papakhian
Orthanc in the Second Age - Ted Nasmith
Minas Tirith - Alan Lee
Osgiliath - Matej Cadil
Argonath - Elaine Dezso
Argonath - Ralph Damiani
Edoras - Bakarov

For more information on the Second Age of Middle-earth, check out:
The Lord of the Rings (appendices)
Unfinished Tales
The Silmarillion
The Atlas of Middle-earth by Karen Wynn Fonstad
The Encyclopedia of Arda

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[NerdoftheRings]

Which realm of the Second Age are you MOST looking forward to seeing in the new Amazon show?

[pumpkinrick]

It’s nice to have a Tolkien haven like this. I don’t have any friends that are Tolkien fans unfortunately but thanks to you i have a place i feel i belong.

[simoncooper]

My dear Ironfists and Stiffbeards, Blacklocks and Stonefoots...

Stonefeet!

[MIKERUPTION]

These Maps of Middle-earth videos are so informative and help to place the stories within the world. They make it easy to visualize and follow the interrelationships between the stories of the different ages. You are doing a great service to Tolkien demonstrating just how well he fleshed out his mythos. I feel like I'm studying the history of a real place. Great work, NotR!

[monitor-mindtheover-void]

Numenor deserves its own history video.

[EvenFilms]

I hope you finish this series someday! I’ve really enjoyed wrapping my mind around the story of the map,

[renferal]

It amazes me how Tolkien made this world seem so real.

[zimbi]

Every time I watch your videos I'm amazed at how much research you do. I also love the "figures" that you move across the map. It just makes it so much more clear. Thank you so much.

[tonypapas]

Very well done. Even as someone who first read the books 35 years ago, (and re-read them since), watching top-level summaries like this is nice. There is so much detail and nuance in Tolkien's writings that sometimes you can miss the forest for the trees.

[AnthonySchepis]

I want you to know, watching these videos has made reading/ watching Tolkien so much better than it already was. Your videos are so well made.

[Daggerfall]

Great video as always. I always think about how cool Lindon is since it's one of the last remnants of Beleriand left on Middle Earth.

[Keith]

These videos are great refresher courses for Tolkien fans. There is so much history and so many names. I'm having moments like "oh ya...Lindon, that was a cool place". I didn't know about the names for it's northern and southern regions. Thanks for making these awesome videos.

[tiagosantos]

I love to watch your videos in the afternoon while having a nice cup of coffee... so relaxing and nostalgic, it's like travelling to my childhood home town.

[SquattingxBear]

Hope there's a part 3 to this series one day!

[makhfi]

Need maps of third age. I hope you do make it.

[ALTERNATIVEROCKMAN]

Found your page because Silmarillion was pretty heavy at first lol I needed a map lol but when I was done I found your page. You go good work man keep it up!

[Shian]

Just saw your Maps of Middle-Earth videos for the First and Second Ages. Greatly enjoyed them! Very helpful with understanding the history and geography of each of these locations from Beleriand and Middle-Earth, and I loved the way you went about explaining them.

[jimpatrick]

This is great! I always loved staring at these maps. Hearing what significance they hold in the history of Middle Earth is fascinating. Hope you do the Third Age soon.

[luudest]

Do a ‚how far did the Members of the Fellowship walk?‘ episode. How many miles a day? How far compared to distances on a map of the US or Europe?

[lizzies]

I really hope we get to see Harad quite a bit in the Amazon show. I'd love to see more oliphants because they're awesome and it's an area of Middle Earth that we haven't seen explored at all. It would also provide great context for the actions of the Haradrim in the third age, as we'll see why they felt such hatred for Numenor and eventually Gondor. Great video as always!