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Description
This map shows geographic coordinates of Númenor, the island which dominated Second Age in the J.R.R. Tolkien Legendarium.

The latitude of the island (40°N) is deduced from the presence of vine, from the essay of D. Willis [1]. The longitude (30°W) is calculated taking account the proportions of Tolkien's Sketch Map Ambarkanta V [2] and 1100 miles (1800 km) from Númenor to the Bay of Balar. Without surprise, the island lay on the center of Atlantic Ocean, near Azores and near mid-Atlantic ridge (in accordance with K.W. Fonstad Atlas where the ridge is called "Great Rift"). In addition, Azores are a possible location of the mythical Atlantide.

References
[1] Didier Willis : Du Beleriand aux confins de Rhûn — Collages et reconstructions cartographiques www.fabula.org/actualites/will…
[2] www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Am…
[3] Karen Wynn Fonstad, Atlas of Middle-Earth, p.52.

Description
This map shows geographic coordinates of Númenor, the island which dominated Second Age in the J.R.R. Tolkien Legendarium.

The latitude of the island (40°N) is deduced from the presence of vine, from the essay of D. Willis [1]. The longitude (30°W) is calculated taking account the proportions of Tolkien's Sketch Map Ambarkanta V [2] and 1100 miles (1800 km) from Númenor to the Bay of Balar. Without surprise, the island lay on the center of Atlantic Ocean, near Azores and near mid-Atlantic ridge (in accordance with K.W. Fonstad Atlas where the ridge is called "Great Rift"). In addition, Azores are a possible location of the mythical Atlantide.

References
[1] Didier Willis : Du Beleriand aux confins de Rhûn — Collages et reconstructions cartographiques www.fabula.org/actualites/will…
[2] www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Am…
[3] Karen Wynn Fonstad, Atlas of Middle-Earth, p.52.