Most people know The Lord of the Rings "Eye of Mordor" is in New Zealand, but what mountain played the part of Mount Doom?

Notable Kiwi Peter Jackson set J.R.R. Tolkein's Lord of the Rings in his home country of New Zealand. The nation's stunning and diverse landscape serves as the backdrop of Middle Earth and its neighboring regions, including the Land of Mordor (set in Tongariro National Park) and its critical sight of Mount Doom, where the "One Ring" was forged and where it would meet its end. The real-life Mt. Ngauruhoe had the honor to stand in as the legendary fictional mountain in the films.

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