White Mountains

White Mountains
General information
Other names	Ered Nimrais
Location	South-eastern Middle-earth, between Gondor and Rohan
People
Inhabitants	Men of the Mountains Durin's Folk Orcs Dunlendings Drúedain
History
Founded/built	First inhabited in the Second Age
Lifespan	Years of the Trees

Location of the White Mountains in Middle-earth.

The White Mountains, or Ered Nimrais, were a mountain range in Middle-earth that lay east-to-west across the length of Gondor.

Description

The mountains were named after the glaciers of their highest peaks. The range lay mostly east-west, but also had a northern section, which was separated from the main line of the Misty Mountains by the Gap of Rohan. Even at the southern latitude of Gondor and Rohan, the White Mountains bore snow even in summer, suggesting they were extremely high. The range had no passes. The Paths of the Dead lay beneath it, but only the most courageous or foolhardy ever ventured that route. The White Mountains formed the northern boundary of Gondor and the southern boundary of Rohan except in their easternmost part, where Gondor's province of Anórien lay to the north of the mountains.

Because of their always bearing snow at their highest peaks, the White Mountains must have been at least 4800 meters (16'000 feet) above sea level, with occasional peaks probably in excess of 5500 meters. They were, however, not as high as the Misty Mountains.

Its notable peaks included Írensaga "Iron Saw" and Starkhorn. Between these two lay the Dwimorberg, entrance to the Paths of the Dead.

At the eastern end, the city of Minas Tirith was carved into the Hill of Guard beneath Mindolluin. The Warning beacons of Gondor were placed on foothills along the range: Amon Dîn, Eilenach, Nardol, Erelas, Min-Rimmon, Calenhad, and Halifirien.

Several rivers raised in the White Mountains, among them the Adorn (a tributary of Isen), and the Snowbourn and Mering Stream (tributaries of the Entwash); and, on the south side, the Erui (a tributary of Anduin), the Ringló and its tributary Ciril, which together with the Morthond all entered the Bay of Belfalas at Edhellond near Dol Amroth, the Lefnui of the Anfalas, and the Five Rivers of Lebennin.

History

The natives to the White Mountains were Drúedain, who settled the region in the Second Age. The only remnant of their presence in these mountains were their statues, called the Púkel-men. Sometime thereafter, evil men related to the Dunlendings drove the Drúedain out. Some of these men swore allegiance to Isildur, but betrayed him when he required their help, and were cursed into the Army of the Dead.

Following the War of the Dwarves and Orcs some surviving Orcs fled south and attempted to settle in the White Mountains. Between TA 2800 and TA 2864 these Orcs plagued the parts of Gondor and Rohan near the mountains, killing King Walda, but they were finally hunted down and destroyed by his son Folca.

Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli followed the Paths of the Dead in the year 3019 of the Third Age and convinced the Army of the Dead to fight for Gondor in the War of the Ring. After they did so, Aragorn released the Dead, for they had fulfilled their oath. After the War of the Ring, Dwarves settled in the Glittering Caves.

Etymology

Ered Nimrais is a Sindarin name: Ered ('mountains') and Nimrais ('white peaks').

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Afrikaans	Wit Berge
Albanian	Malet e bardha
Amharic	ነጭ ተራሮች
Armenian	Սպիտակ լեռները
Arabic	جبال وايت
Assamese	বগা পাহাৰ
Azerbaijani	Ağ Dağlar
Basque	Mendi Zuriak
Belarusian Cyrillic	Уайт-Маўнтынс
Bengali	হোয়াইট পর্বতমালা
Bosnian	Bijelom gorju
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Бялата Планини
Catalan	Muntanyes Blanques
Cebuano	Mga bukid nga puti
Chinese (Hong Kong)	白色山脈 A.K.A. 伊瑞德尼姆拉斯
Croatian	Bijele planine
Czech	Bílé Hory
Danish	De Hvide Bjerge
Dutch	Witte Bergen
Esperanto	Blanka montaro
Estonian	Valged Mäed
Filipino	Mga puting bundok
Finnish	Valkoiset Vuoret
French	Montagnes Blanches
Galician	Montañas Brancas
Georgian	თეთრი მთები
German	Weißes Gebirge
Greek	Λευκά Όρη
Gujarati	સફેદ પર્વતો
Hebrew	הרים לבנים
Hindi	सफेद पहाड़ों
Hungarian	Fehérszarv-hegység, Fehérhegység
Icelandic	Hvítar Fjöll
Indonesian	Pegunungan Putih
Italian	Monti Bianchi
Irish Gaelic	Bán Sléibhte
Japanese	ホワイト山地
Javanese	Gunung Putih
Kannada	ಬಿಳಿ ಪರ್ವತಗಳು
Kazakh	Ақ таулар (Cyrillic) Aq tawlar (Latin)
Konkani	धवे दोंगर
Korean	화이트 산맥
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Ак тоолор
Laotian	ພູເຂົາສີຂາວ
Latin	Candidi Montes
Latvian	Baltajiem Kalniem
Lithuanian	Baltieji Kalnai
Luxembourgish	Wäiss Bierger
Macedonian Cyrillic	Белата Планина
Malayalam	വെളുത്ത മലകൾ
Malaysian	Pergunungan Putih
Maltese	Muntanji Abjad
Marathi	पांढरे पर्वत
Mongolian Cyrillic	Цагаан уулс
Nepalese	सेतो पहाडहरू
Norwegian	Hvit Fjell
Persian	کوه‌های سپید
Polish	Góry Białe
Portuguese	Montanhas Brancas
Punjabi	ਚਿੱਟੇ ਪਹਾੜ
Romansh	Pizza Alv
Romanian	Munții Albi
Russian	Белые горы
Samoan	Papae Mauga
Scottish Gaelic	Beanntan geala
Serbian	Беле планине (Cyrillic) Bele planine (Latin)
Sicilian	Muntagni Bianchi
Sindhi	اڇا جبلن جي
Sinhalese	සුදු කඳුකරය
Slovak	Biele Hory
Slovenian	Bela Gora
Somali	Buuraha cad
Spanish	Montañas Blancas
Sundanese	Bodas Pagunungan
Swahili	Milima nyeupe
Swedish	Vita bergen
Tajik Cyrillic	кӯҳҳои сафед
Tamil	வெள்ளை மலைகள்
Tatar	Ак таулар
Telugu	వైట్ పర్వతాలు
Thai	เทือกเขาขาว
Turkish	Ak Dağlar
Turkmen	Ak Daglar
Ukrainian Cyrillic	білі гори
Urdu	وائٹ پہاڑوں
Uzbek	Оқ тоғлар (Cyrillic) Oq tog'lar (Latin)
Vietnamese	Trắng ngọn nú
Welsh	Mynyddoedd Gwyn
Xhosa	Iintaba Ezimhlophe
Yiddish	ווייסע בערג
Yoruba	Awọn oke-nla funfun