It does seem disproportionate compared to say the Strachey maps which I use normally. I am no geographer/ cartographer but maybe it is because it is Bree Hill. I believe some map projections take the greater surface area of hills/mountains into account.
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“But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.”
Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace
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