Tol Eressëa

Tol Eresseä is a green and beautiful large island near to the shores of Aman, inhabited by Noldor Elves; it is, traditionally, the first land sighted by ships sailing to the Undying Lands.

Other Names:


 * Albion
 * For Faidwen
 * The Island Ferry
 * Leithian
 * the Lonely Island
 * Luthany
 * Lúthien

Regions
Afros Vales Alalminórë Blackwater Dorwinion Dry Valley Evadrien Fairy Coast Falasse Númea Forlorn Islets Great Lake Green Hills Green Meadows Gruir Vales Gruir Heath of the Sky-roof Hill of Kôr Inland Forests Iverin  Marshlands River Gliding Shadow Mere Swan Lakes Valley of Avallóne Western Coast Western Reefs White Shore Yare

Settlements
Avallónë Belerion Cottage of Lost Play Cottage of the Children Erendol Harbour of the Lights of many Hues House of Elms House of the Hundred Chimneys Korin of Meril-i-Turinqi Koromas Kortirion Ros Swanhaven Taruithorn Tavrobel

Inhabitants
Ausir Deor Eltas Elwen of Tol Eresseä Eriol Galdor Gilfanon Heorrenda Ingil Legolas of Gondolin Lindo Littleheart Meril-i-Turinqi Naimi Olwe Pengolodh Timpinen Tulkastor Vairë Valwë Veanne Voronwë Aranwion

Peoples
Ainur: Skyfolk Merfolk Nandini Nermir Orossi Tavari

Elves: Falmari Noldor Sindar Vanyar

Creatures
Butterflies Cormorants Dolphins Eider-Ducks Elven-Birds Elven Horses Fishes Ghost-moths Golden Bees Great Eagles Great Glow-worms Great Gulls Great Swans Gunnets Nightingales Noble Hounds Petrels Pigeons Puffins Rock-doves Sea mews Shells Thrushes Whales

Plants
Asphodels Blue Nemophila Cress Elanor Elms Hollyhocks Lairelosse Larkspur Laurinque Lissuin Mallorn Maples Mustard Nessamelda Oaks Oiolaire Phlox Pinks Poppies Red Daisies Taniquelasse Vardarianna White Trees Willows Yavannamire

Speculations
In the "Book of Lost Tales" Tolkien speculated that Iverin, the eastern part of Tol Eressea eventually broke off the main Island and later became Ireland (and possibly Great Britain).This indicates that Tol Eressea must have a considerable size, maybe comparable to New Guinea, Borneo or Sumatra.Some later Fan-on Authors have revived this idea, for example Author Jeff J. Erwin, writer of the Lindon Gazetteer, used the name Iverin for a part of Lindon suggesting that a part of Lindon later became Ireland and some of the lands east of Lindon, including the Shire, became the british isles.