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The Lord of the Rings

Mount Sunday

New Zealand  ·  Edoras

The Lord of the Rings filmed at Mount Sunday. The lone rock outcrop in the Rangitata valley where Meduseld was built and struck. On screen it's Edoras, Rohan.

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

Where to go

-43.547822, 170.892885

Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.

Good to know

Title
The Lord of the Rings (2001)
On screen
Edoras, Rohan
In real life
Mount Sunday
Can you visit?
Open to the public, free
Time to allow
120 minutes
Confidence
Probable

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 The Lord of the Rings film at Mount Sunday?
At -43.547822, 170.892885. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.
Can you visit Mount Sunday?
Open to the public, free. Allow about 120 minutes.
What else was filmed near Mount Sunday?
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