Blue Mountains

The range west of Eriador

Other names

Ered Luin Mountains of Lune Blaues Gebirge Blue Mountain the Blue Blue

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In briefanswer capsule

The Blue Mountains, named also Ered Luin and Mountains of Lune, bound Eriador on the west. There lay Nogrod and Belegost, ruined at the breaking of Thangorodrim; their people and craft then enriched Khazad-dûm. Thráin and Thorin later made a home in exile in the east of the range beyond the Lune and forged mostly iron. Between these heights and the Misty Mountains stretched the westlands where Hobbits found space to settle.

In the Annals

Where the Tale of Years names this entry: 1 entry.

SA c. 40Dwarves abandon their older settlements in the Blue Mountains and move to Moria, whose numbers rise sharply.Appendix B, The Tale of Years

Sources

The Lord of the Rings — Appendix A, III, Durin's Folk
The Lord of the Rings — Prologue

Cite this page

Legendarium (2026): „Blue Mountains“. Last updated August 18, 2026. https://www.legendarium.page/places/blue-mountains/

APA

Legendarium. (2026). Blue Mountains. Last updated August 18, 2026. https://www.legendarium.page/places/blue-mountains/

MLA

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BibTeX

@misc{legendarium-blue-mountains-en,
  title        = {Blue Mountains},
  author       = {{Legendarium}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.legendarium.page/places/blue-mountains/}},
  note         = {Last updated August 18, 2026}
}