Places in Middle-earth
Ered Mithrin
Type: Mountains, Hills, Promontories
Region: Rhovanion/Misty Mtns
Meaning: grey mountains
Other Names The Grey Mountains
Location: The Grey Mountains, extending eastward from the northern end of the Misty Mountains; they divide on their eastern end, and the Withered Heath lies between the two arms.
Description: Ered Mithrin 'Grey Mountains', extending from east to west north of Mirkwood.
Unfinished Tales, Index
The new land of the Éothéod ... extended to the confluence of the two short rivers that they named Greylin and Langwell. Greylin flowed down from Ered Mithrin, the Grey Mountains, but Langwell came from the Misty Mountains, and this name it bore because it was the source of Anduin, which from its junction with Greylin they called Langflood.
Unfinished Tales, Part 3, Ch 2, Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan: The Ride of Eorl
Contributors: Elena Tiriel 16Jul04
