Places in Middle-earth
Ered Luin
Type: Mountains, Hills, Promontories
Region: Arnor/Eriador/Lindon
Meaning: blue mountains
Other Names
Ered Lindon
The Blue Mountains
The Western Mountains
Location: The Blue Mountains, a north-south mountain range east of Beleriand and west of Eriador; after the sinking of Beleriand they became a coastal range.
Description: The great mountain-chain ... separating Beleriand from Eriador in the Elder Days, and after the destruction at the end of the First Age forming the north-western coastal range of Middle-earth.
Unfinished Tales, Index
Contributors: Elena Tiriel 16Jul04
