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Gollum falling to his death into the Cracks of Doom.
For other uses see: The Crack of Doom.

The Cracks of Doom is the name for the volcanic fissure in Mount Doom, where Frodo Baggins had to throw the One Ring into to be destroyed. It was the only place in Middle-earth where the One Ring could be destroyed.

History

It is described in The Return of the King as a great fissure that split a long tunnel that bored into Mount Doom. From the Crack of Doom, a red light, presumably from lava, is emitted. The red glow is the only light in the cavern, as even the Phial of Galadriel is dimmed by the power of Sauron in the heart of his realm. There is a road leading from Barad-dûr to the Crack of Doom.

Frodo claims the One Ring here; he and Gollum fight over it. Gollum falls into the Crack of Doom with the ring, thus completing the Fellowship of the Ring's quest.[1]

Portrayal in adaptations

Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring

In The Fellowship of the Ring film, Elrond leads Isildur to the Crack of Doom to destroy the One Ring immediately after it's cut from Sauron's hand, but Isildur refuses and takes the ring for himself. It appears as a doorway with a long bridge that ends with a narrow cliff, to where the lava falls. (The Fellowship of the Ring (film))

Translations around the World

Foreign Language Translated name
Afrikaans Krake van Straf
Albanian Çarje e Dënim
Arabic الشقوق الموت
Armenian Ծրածկս ոֆ Դոոմ
Azerbaijani Çatlar ? əcəl ?
Belarusian Црацкс оф Доом
Bengali নিয়তি এর ফাটল
Bosnian Pukotine od Propasti
Bulgarian Пукнатини на съдбата
Catalan Esquerdes del Destí
Cebuano Liki sa Kalaglagan
Chichewa Ming'alu ya Kiyama
Chinese 裂缝的厄运
Corsican Scrusciri di Andantino ?
Croatian Pukotine od Propasti
Czech Trhliny Zkázy
Danish Revner af Doom
Dari چراچکس وف دووم
Dutch Scheuren van Doom
Esperanto Fendoj de Fatalo
Filipino Bitak ng Tadhana
Finnish Tuhon Halkeamat
French Crevasse du Destin
Frisian Scheuren fan Doom
Galician Fendas da Perdição
German Risse des Schicksals
Greek Ρωγμές της μοίρας
Gujarati ઓફ ડૂમ તિરાડો
Hebrew סדקים של אבדון
Hindi कयामत की दरारें
Hmong Kab nrib pleb uas Doom
Hungarian Repedések a Végzet
Indonesian Retak Kiamat
Italian Voragine del Fato
Irish Gaelic Scoilteanna na Seirbigh
Japanese 運命の亀裂
Javanese Retak Siksa
Kannada ಡೂಮ್ ಬಿರುಕುಗಳು
Khmer (Cambodian) បំបែកនៃសេចក្ដីវិនាស
Korean 운명의 균열
Kurdish چراچکس ۆف دۆۆم (Arabic script) Qulikên Qutên (Latinised)
Kyrgyz Црацкс оф Доом ?
Lithuanian Įtrūkimai Bausmė
Macedonian Пукнатини на несреќата
Nepali डुम को चर्किएको ?
Norwegian Sprekker av Undergang
Pashto د عذاب درزونه
Persian ترک رستاخیز
Polish Szczeliny Zagłady
Portuguese (Brazil) Fendas da Perdição
Romanian Crapaturi de Doom
Russian Трещины гибели
Scottish Gaelic Sgoltaidhean de Bhite
Serbian Пукотине пропасти (Cyrillic) Pukotine Propasti (Latinised)
Siamese (Thai) รอยร้าวของการลงโทษ
Slovak Trhliny Skazy
Slovenian Razpoke Obsodba
Spanish (Spain and Latin America) Grietas del Destino
Sudanese Retakan tina Doom
Swahili Nyufa wa Adhabu
Swedish Sprickor av Doom
Tajik Тарқишҳои аз ҷазоро
Tamil டூம் விரிசல்
Telugu డూమ్ యొక్క పగుళ్లు
Turkish Çatlaklar Kıyamet
Ukrainian Црацкс оф Доом ?
Urdu عذاب کی درار
Uyghur چراچكس وف دووم
Uzbek Чрачкс оф Доом ? (Cyrillic) Qiyomat Yoriqlar (Latinised)
Welsh Craciau o Doom
Xhosa Iintanda Kutshatyalaliswa
Yiddish קראַקקס פון דום
Yoruba Dojuijako ti Ìparun
Yucatec Maya Grietas u Doom

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