Lindolirian, that bothered me a bit, too. Tolkien's descriptions of place are so detailed and usually dead on, and his maps, too, but Mordor does look a little "box-y", like a fence. (I was just admiring the details he threw in during the crossing of Emyn Muil, last night.)
Any topographers out there who can point out a similar mountain range on earth these days?
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