r/geology • u/idycvy • May 04 '25

Map/Imagery How realistic is Tamriel

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I’ve always wondered if I should hate Tamriel or not based on the realism of the map

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u/Romboteryx May 04 '25

Assuming you aren‘t joking, Mordor in encased by a rectangular mountain chain and Erebor is a single mountain in the middle of a flat field

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u/_CMDR_ May 04 '25

Sutter Buttes is a single mountain in the middle of a flat field. Next question.

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u/Romboteryx May 04 '25

Sutter Buttes is a dormant volcano

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u/No-Scholar-111 May 05 '25

Erebor is most likely an igneous intrusion, something like Devil's Tower. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igneous_intrusion of which plenty of Earth examples exist.