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'''Andrast''' ([[Sindarin|S]]. 'long shore'; [[and]] = long, [[rast]] = shore) was a long cape in the south-west of [[Gondor]].
'''Andrast''' was a long cape in the south-west of [[Gondor]].<ref name="Map">{{UT|Map}}</ref>  At the end was a great headland called [[Ras Morthil]].<ref>{{UT|Wife}}, Note 6</ref>


Also known as '''''[[Ras Morthil]]''''', the Andrast was nominally part of [[Gondor]], but it was not populated by the [[Númenor|Númenóreans]]. At the end of the [[Third Age]], it was believed the area was still populated by tribes of the [[Drúedain]] and other hostile men. The [[Drúedain]] were notorious for using poisoned arrows.
The cape was nominally part of [[Gondor]], but it was not populated by the [[Númenor|Númenóreans]]. At the end of the [[Third Age]], it was believed the area was still populated by tribes of the [[Drúedain]] and other hostile men.<ref>{{UT|6d}}</ref> The [[Drúedain]] were notorious for using poisoned arrows.


The [[Drúadan]] lands actually extended north along the coast on to the rivers [[Adorn]] and [[Angren]], and were collectively known as [[Drúwaith Iaur]] or "Old Púkel land".
The Drúadan lands actually extended north along the coast on to the rivers [[Adorn]] and [[Sîr Angren]], and were collectively known as [[Drúwaith Iaur]] or "Old Púkel land".<ref>{{UT|Druedain}}</ref>


The [[White Mountains]] ended their southward bend at the Andrast, and as such it formed an effective barrier to invaders from the north for Gondor.
The [[White Mountains]] ended their southward bend at the Andrast,<ref name="Map"/> and as such it formed an effective barrier to invaders from the north for Gondor. There were no passes over it, so all had to venture around the [[Ras Morthil]].  


==Etymology==
''Andrast'' (earlier form ''Angast'') is a [[Sindarin]] name meaning "Long Cape".<ref>{{VT|42a}}, pp. 8-9</ref><ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. lxiv</ref>
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Andrast was a long cape in the south-west of Gondor.[1] At the end was a great headland called Ras Morthil.[2]

The cape was nominally part of Gondor, but it was not populated by the Númenóreans. At the end of the Third Age, it was believed the area was still populated by tribes of the Drúedain and other hostile men.[3] The Drúedain were notorious for using poisoned arrows.

The Drúadan lands actually extended north along the coast on to the rivers Adorn and Sîr Angren, and were collectively known as Drúwaith Iaur or "Old Púkel land".[4]

The White Mountains ended their southward bend at the Andrast,[1] and as such it formed an effective barrier to invaders from the north for Gondor. There were no passes over it, so all had to venture around the Ras Morthil.

Etymology

Andrast (earlier form Angast) is a Sindarin name meaning "Long Cape".[5][6]

References