Location
A massive mountain range running west to east through the southern parts of known Middle-earth
Settlements
The northern fringes of the mountains were home to various settlements and encampments, including Edoras, Dunharrow and Helm's Deep
Important Peaks
Amon Dîn, Calenhad, Dwimorberg, Eilenach, Erelas, Halifirien, Irensaga, Mindolluin, Min-Rimmon, Nardol, Thrihyrne, Starkhorn
Passes
Other names
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White Mountains
The snow-capped peaks that separated Gondor from Rohan
Also called Ered Nimrais, an important mountain range in the southwest of the known parts of Middle-earth. In the latter part of the Third Age, they formed the border between Gondor in the south and Rohan in the north.
See also...
Aglarond, Amon Dîn, Anórien, Aragorn Elessar, Beacons of Gondor, Black Master, Blackroot Vale, Boar of Everholt, Bree-men, Brytta Léofa, Calenhad, City of Gondor, Dark Door, Dead Men, Deeping-coomb, [See the full list...]Deeping-road, Deeping-stream, Derufin, Door of the Dead, Drúath, Drúedain, Duinhir, Dunharrow, Dúnhere, Dwimorberg, East Dales, Edoras, Entwash Vale, Erech, Ered Nimrais, Erelas, Firien-dale, Firienfeld, Firienholt, Gap of Rohan, Ghosts, Gilmith, Glæmscrafu, Glittering Caves, Great Road, Great West Road, Green Hills, Grey Wood, Grimslade, Halifirien Wood, Hallas, Harrowdale, Haunted Mountain, Helms Deep, Helms Gate, Hill of Anwar, Hill of Awe, Hill of Erech, Hill of Guard, Hill-men, Horse-lords, Irensaga, King of Rohan, King of the Dead, King of the Mountains, Kingdom of the Rohirrim, Lamedon, Legolas Greenleaf, Lord of Deeping-coomb, Lord of Harrowdale, Lord of Lossarnach, Lord of the Glittering Caves, Lossarnach, Men of Bree, Men of Darkness, Men of Dunland, Men of the Mountains, Min-Rimmon, Mindolluin, Morthond Vale, Mouths of Onodló, Muster of Edoras, Nardol, Nimrodel, Old Púkel-land, Paths of the Dead, Púkel-men, Rimmon, Ringló Vale, River Adorn, River Blackroot, River Celos, River Ciril, River Erui, River Gilrain, River Lefnui, River Morthond, River Onodló, River Ringló, River Serni, River Sirith, Rochann, Rohan, Royal Road, Shadow-men, Snowbourn River, Steelsheen, Stonewain Valley, Stybba, Sunlending, Súthburg, Tarlangs Neck, Tawar-in-Drúedain, The Dead, The Deeping, The Starkhorn, Thrihyrne, Tower of Orthanc, Tower of the Sun, Tumladen, Underharrow, Upbourn, Walda, West-march of Rohan, Westemnet, Westfold, Westfold Vale, Westfold-men, Wild Men of the Woods, Wulf
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