Dol Amroth

Dol Amroth
Flag of Dol Amroth
J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium location
Type	Fortified city, seat of the Princes of Dol Amroth
Ruler	Princes of Dol Amroth
First appearance	The Return of the King
Location	Gondor, on the Bay of Belfalas
Founder	(unclear)

In J. R. R. Tolkien 's (fictional) legendarium, Dol Amroth was a hill along the coast of Gondor, on a peninsula on the Bay of Belfalas; and also the city that grew up there, mainly in the Third Age as the seat of the principality of the same name. The Prince of Dol Amroth was one of the principal subjects of Gondor. In The Lord of the Rings, Prince Imrahil is the Prince of Dol Amroth, a supporting character in the book's third volume, The Return of the King.

Dol Amroth lay to the south of the mouth of the River Morthond. Elves had lived in the surrounding area for a long time. Although Tolkien writes that Nandorin Elves came down the Anduin as early as the First Age, it is only in the Second Age that Elves are mentioned specifically near Dol Amroth. In one account, a haven and a small Elvish settlement were founded by refugees from Beleriand at Edhellond ("Elf Harbour"), upriver from the river's mouth. Other accounts say that Nandorin Elves accompanied Galadriel from Lórien to this region after the defeat of Sauron in Eriador in the middle of the Second Age, or that Amroth ruled among the Nandorin Elves here in the Second Age. Elves continued to live here well into the Third Age, until the last ship departed from Edhellond for the Undying Lands in T.A. 1981.