A northern range of Middle-earth, running west to east and forming the likely northern border of the region of Rhovanion. They were long mined by the Dwarves, who were driven from them in the late Third Age by Cold-drakes from the north, and were later colonised by Orcs.
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Mount Gundabad stood at the point where the Grey Mountains and the Misty Mountains met, and it could reasonably be claimed to belong to either range, or to both.
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See also...
Arkenstone, Borin, Cold-drakes, Dragons, Durin’s House, Dwarf-kingdom, Dwarves of the Iron Hills, Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain, Ered Mithrin, Forest River, Forodwaith, Fram, Frór, Grór, Heart of the Mountain, [See the full list...]Hobgoblins, Horn of the Mark, Iron Hills, King of Durin’s Folk, King under the Mountain, Long-worms, Longbeards, Lord of the Éothéod, Mount Gram, Mount Gundabad, Mountain Kingdom, Mountains of the East, Náin II, Northern Waste, Óin, River Greylin, Scatha, Thorin I, Withered Heath
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