Locations named after Tolkien’s works

Geldrop

Geldrop is a Dutch town with a neighbourhood whose streets are all related to Tolkien and his Legendarium.

Jacksonville

Jacksonville is a city in Florida that has a neighbourhood with street names based on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.

Mountains

• Mount Shadowfax.
• Mount Gandalf.
• Mount Aragorn.

Seamounts

• Eriador Seamount.
• Rohan Seamount.
• Gondor Seamount.
• Eye of Sauron Seamount.
• Barad-dûr Seamount.
• Ered Lithui Seamount.
• Fangorn Bank.
• Edoras Bank.
• Isengard Ridge.

Titan

Titan is one of Saturn's moons. Its mountains (Montes) are named after mountains in Arda and hills (colles) after characters.

The named montes of Titan are: Angmar Montes, Dolmed Montes, Doom Mons, Echoriat Montes, Erebor Mons, Gram Montes, Irensaga Montes, Merlock Montes, Mindolluin Montes, Misty Montes, Mithrim Montes, Rerir Montes, Taniquetil Montes.

Asteroids

• 2991 Bilbo.
• 2675 Tolkien.
• 378214 Sauron.

Other

• Kuiper Belt object 385446 Manwë and its moon Thorondor.
• Trans-Neptunian object 174567 Varda and its moon Ilmarë.
• A series of regions of Pluto called Balrog Macula.
• The Eye of Sauron is a nickname given to many objects due to a similar appearance including, the nebulae M 1-42, Helix Nebula, star system HR 4796A, and Seyfert galaxy NGC 4151.
• Earendel, a star in the constellation of Cetus. Even though it is an Anglo-Saxon name that predates Tolkien, the researches involved in its discovery were fans of his works and chose the name for that reason.

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