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In the fictional universe of Middle-earth by J. R. R. Tolkien, the Sea of Helcar was a great inland sea which existed during the First Age.
In the beginning of Arda, the Valar created the Two Lamps. Due to Melkor's deceit these were destroyed, and where the northern Lamp had stood a great inland sea was formed, which was named the Sea of Helkar after the tower on which the northern lamp had stood.
The awakening of the Elves was at Cuiviénen, a gulf in the Sea of Helkar, and during the Great March they passed to the north of it through Wilderland on their way to Beleriand.
After the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age, the Sea of Helkar was drained through the Great Gulf and disappeared: in its place were formed the lands of Mordor, Khand, and Rhûn.
Only the Sea of Rhûn and the Sea of Núrnen remained at the end of the Third Age.
