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Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King

Mount Sunday

New Zealand  ·  Edoras built here

Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King filmed at Mount Sunday. This rocky outcrop in the Rangitata River valley is where the Edoras city set was constructed. On screen it's Edoras.

Mount Sunday,
Jeff Hitchcock from Vancouver, BC, Canada · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where to go

-43.548, 170.893

Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer. This is an area, not a spot. The coordinate is its middle, so use it to navigate to the place and not to line up a shot.

Good to know

Title
Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (2003)
On screen
Edoras
In real life
Mount Sunday
Can you visit?
Access not confirmed
Time to allow
—
Confidence
Probable

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Mount Sunday today

Photography of the place as it is now — production stills from the publications that covered the shoot, and freely-licensed photographs. Each links to its source.

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Questions

Where exactly did Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King film at Mount Sunday?
At -43.548, 170.893. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer. This is an area, not a spot. The coordinate is its middle, so use it to navigate to the place and not to line up a shot.
Can you visit Mount Sunday?
Access not confirmed.
What else was filmed near Mount Sunday?
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