If I'm not mistaken, Angband is supposed to lie west of Utumno to guard Morgoth's lands from the sea. Putting Angband where we think it is (shown on the map given above) then Utumno must be very far off to the east else the Valar could have easily destroyed Angband when they destroyed Utumno.
This means that Morgoth obviously envisioned a much larger scope for his plans ie. putting Utumno more to the middle of the world. These never seemed to materialise properly, except for the domination of the easterlings (alright that is quite a lot) but there were never signs of orcish domination as in Beleriand. I wonder what his plans would have held in store for the rest of the world?
Another thing, I presume Utumno must have been massive to turn Angband (in the Valar's eyes) into nothing more than a glorified watchtower?
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