How big was Ancalagon?

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Originally Posted by Vultur

Yes, but I don't think you can break Everest with a blue whale, even if you drop it from space.

That would be an interesting experience. You know, in the name of science...

Anyway, I don't think you can take the depiction of the War of Wrath too literally. It's highly mythological in it's outline, and also, from an outside perspective, a much older text, and should be read differently to more detailed and realistic first age stories like Coh.