There is some discussion relevant to this issue on this thread:
What's the Big Deal With the Undying Lands?
Although, please ignore my crazed Avalon=Numenor ravings, which were the product of an addled mind.
More pertinent is the following comment made, appropriately, by
Guinevere in post #12:
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And as for Aman beeing something like Avalon: I think you are right, Aethelwine, because the westernmost haven on Tol Erėssea is actually called "Avalonnė" !
And Frodo's departure has alway reminded me a bit of the departure of the injured king Arthur in a boat (with Morgan le Fay and 2 other women), supposedly to be healed in Avalon...
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