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What happened to Thangorodrim's three volcanic peaks? I know Ancalagon fell on the fortess, but the actual mountain must still exist.

Could the fellowship have travelled to Thangorodrim and thrown the ring in there, as the power of Morgoth was still felt? Apart from distance, what prevented them from doing this? Also, after they got past Arnor, they could fly eagles all the way there.

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    Seriously, how can you remember Ancalagon and don't get that almost whole Beleriand and especially Thangorodrim sank into the sea? – Mithoron May 02 '15 at 13:29
  • I thought it was just the fort that sank. I didn't think the mountain sank. –  May 02 '15 at 13:31
  • Also, the blue mountains survived, and as the three peaks of thangorodrim were higher than those, I figured they still existed. Also, if it was underwater, could Ulmo not help them? –  May 02 '15 at 13:33
  • What fort? Like whole country sank - it would be nonsense if only mountains really worth destroying still stood – Mithoron May 02 '15 at 13:35
  • I guess thats true, but then how did the blue mountains survive? Also, was it the mountains worth destroying or the fort? –  May 02 '15 at 13:38
  • Oh great. I spent 5 hours searching google before asking this question (really) and only now I find https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/9843/could-the-one-ring-be-destroyed-in-any-manner-besides-mount-doom?rq=1 –  May 02 '15 at 13:40
  • The Blue Mountains 'survived' (and even then not entirely, the Dwarven cities of Nogrod and Belegost were lost) because they were far enough to the east, not because of how high they were. – suchiuomizu May 02 '15 at 13:51
  • @AdityaGoturu - Yup. Dupe. – Valorum May 02 '15 at 14:07
  • Would it have mattered even if they were still around? The Ring was forged in Mount Doom; it wasn't just lava that was needed to destroy it, but the place itself. – Rob Crawford Jan 11 '19 at 16:32

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In short, no. Thangorodrim itself was destroyed at the end of the First Age during the War of Wrath when the dragon Ancalagon the Black fell after he was slain. Thangorodrim and its volcanic peaks were unavailable to the Fellowship because they no longer existed.

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