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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Filming Dates & Locations

Filming Locations: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

  • Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand
  • Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park, Southland, New Zealand
  • Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
  • Otago, New Zealand
  • Canterbury, New Zealand
  • Glenorchy, Otago, New Zealand
  • Fiordland National Park, Southland, New Zealand
  • Southland, New Zealand
  • North Island, New Zealand
  • Erewhon, Canterbury, New Zealand
  • Matamata, Waikato, New Zealand
  • Waikato, New Zealand
  • Central Plateau, New Zealand
  • New Zealand
  • Wellington, New Zealand

Iconic scenes & Locations

Hobbiton
Hinuera Valley, Matamata, Waikato, New Zealand
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Lothlórien
Fernside, Featherston, Wairarapa, New Zealand
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Studio
Camperdown Studios, Camperdown Road, Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand
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Edoras
Mt. Potts Station, Erewhon, Canterbury, New Zealand
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Emyn Muil
Tongariro National Park, Central Plateau, New Zealand
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Minas Tirith
Dry Creek Quarry, Wellington, New Zealand
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The Pelennor Fields
Twizel, Canterbury, New Zealand
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Amon Hen
Paradise, Glenorchy, Otago, New Zealand
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Théoden leads the charge into the Orc army
Twizel, Canterbury, New Zealand
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the Battle of the Black Gate
Rangipo Desert, Waiouru, Tongariro National Park, Central Plateau, New Zealand
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Mount Doom exteriors
Mount Ruapehu, Tongariro National Park, Central Plateau, New Zealand
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Hobbiton interiors and Grey Havens scenes
Stone Street Studios, Stone Street, Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand
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the Paths of the Dead ghost soldier scene
Deer Park Heights, Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand
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studio sets of the Citadel
Stone Street Studios, Stone Street, Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand
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the Paths of the Dead
Putangirua Pinnacles, Wairarapa region, North Island, New Zealand
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the wasteland of Mordor
Mount Ruapehu, Tongariro National Park, Central Plateau, New Zealand
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Filming Dates

  • 24 November 1999 - 22 December 2000
  • June 2003
  • March 2004
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