Where was The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers filmed?
2002 film by Peter Jackson
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) was filmed at one place in New Zealand: Mount Sunday. The place comes from Wikidata.
Part of the Peter Jackson's Middle-earth film series · the Lord of the Rings film series
Filming locations
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Studios & sets
Mount Sunday
New Zealand
Hill in Canterbury, New Zealand, used as a Lord of the Rings set
“The exterior of the Rohirrim's capital of Edoras, including its thatched roofs, took six months to build on Mount Sunday.” Wikipedia
Also per Wikipedia's article
The Wikipedia article names 8 more places. Each links to the sentence that says so.
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Towns & cities
Wellington
New Zealand
Capital city of New Zealand; urban area of the cities of Wellington, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, and Porirua
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Towns & cities
Queenstown
New Zealand
Resort town in Otago Region, New Zealand
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Landscapes & nature
Tongariro National Park
New Zealand
National park in New Zealand
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Landscapes & nature
Mavora Lakes
New Zealand
Group of lakes in Southland, New Zealand
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Landscapes & nature
Mount Ruapehu
New Zealand
Active stratovolcano in central North Island, New Zealand
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Landscapes & nature
Rangitata River
New Zealand
River in New Zealand
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Towns & cities
Lower Hutt
New Zealand
City in the Wellington Region of New Zealand
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Landscapes & nature
Poolburn Reservoir
New Zealand
Reservoir in Central Otago, New Zealand
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Places whose own article says it was shot there
1 place says on its own Wikipedia page that this film was shot there. Not on the map: the quote is linked so you can check it.
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Landscapes & nature Kepler Mire
New Zealand
Wetland in New Zealand
“The Mire was filmed by helicopter for the Peter Jackson film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, in which it was used to portray the Dagorlad Battlefield or Dead Marshes.” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Also filmed in New Zealand, but the exact places are not known, so they are not on the map.
Also shot in these places
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Mission: Impossible – FalloutSpy film2018
Heart of the BeastAction film2026- Wild HorsesFilm1983
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingFantasy film2001
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More filmed in New Zealand
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingFantasy film2001
Mission: Impossible – FalloutSpy film2018
MulanWar film2020
Ghost in the ShellScience fiction film2017
M3GANHorror film2022
Pete's DragonFantasy film2016