You seem to have misunderstood what I said; I'm talking about a different continent altogether, east of ME and the Ekkaia. Here's what I know about it(copied from a previous post of mine):
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Apparently, in the East, ME gives way to a sea, beyond which is a continent 'diametrically opposite' to Valinor, with a wall of mountains lower than Valinor's but still great. One mountain, Kalorme, was made into a 'fortress of the Sun' by the Valar(home of the Maia that drives the Sun?) Also, Kalorme was linked to Taniquetal by a bridge. The Sun would come through the Gates of Morning from the Void every morning, flying over these lands first, and land in Valinor in the West in the evening. The lands beyond the mountain barrier would probably be a desert, scorched by the Sun's frequent arrivals(I'm guessing on that particular point) and its shore is described by Mandos as a 'silent beach', so it was probably uninhabted.
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So, Gwaihir, I suppose the answer to your question is there, although mine is still unanswered. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] The wall of mountains, which are called the Mountains of the Sun, are north-south, like Valinor's,
and like the Rockies and Andes. The continent containing them(does it have a name?) could be the New World.
[ April 03, 2003: Message edited by: Meoshi ]