Wahianoa River

Another LotR location. This area in Tongariro national park. There days it doesn't look like Mordor, but you might recognize Mount Doom in the 1st picture. It differed slightly in the movies. The Maori consider sacred Mount Ningāuruhoe, as it is known locally. So the director agreed to digitally reshape the upper part of the mountain.
The 2nd picture is Mount Ruapehu which some call Mordor as some of the scenes in Mordor were filmed here. The 3rd and 4th pictures look at the landscape above the tree line in "Mordor".
The 5th picture is the waterfall at Erebor also known as the Lonely Mountain beneath which the dwarves ancient kingdom was located. This was the destination for the company, Bilbo and dwarves, in the Hobbit.
The next 2 pictures are of Gollum's fishing pool. This is where he was splashing around and catching and eating fish. The 6th picture is of the location, and the 7th picture has members of the group: 1 in a Gollum mask bashing and eating a fish; and 2 up on the rock where Frodo and Sam watched.Read more