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The '''White Mountains''', a loose translation of the [[Sindarin]] '''Ered Nimrais''' "Whitehorn Mountains", is a fictional [[mountain]] range in [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s [[Middle-earth]]. The mountains are named after the [[glacier]]s of their highest peaks. The range lies mostly East-West, but also has a northern section, which is separated from the main line of the ''Hithaeglir'' "[[Misty Mountains]]" by the [[Gap of Rohan]]. Even at the southern latitude of Gondor and Rohan, the White Mountains bear snow even in summer, suggesting they are extremely high. The range has no passes. The [[Paths of the Dead]] pass under it, but only the most courageous (or foolhardy) ever venture that route. The White Mountains form the northern boundary of [[Gondor]] and the southern boundary of [[Rohan]] except in their easternmost provinces, where Gondor's province of [[Anórien]] lies to the north of the mountains.

Its notable peaks include ''Irensaga'' "Iron Saw" and ''Starkhorn''. Between these two lies the ''Dwimorberg'', entrance to the Paths of the Dead.
At the eastern end, the city of [[Minas Tirith]] is carved into ''Mindolluin'' mountain. The [[Warning beacons of Gondor]] are placed on top of seven peaks in the range: ''Amon Dîn'', ''Eilenach'', ''Nardol'', ''Erelas'', ''Min-Rimmon'', ''Calenhad'' and ''Halifirien''.

Several [[river]]s rise in the White Mountains, among them the [[Adorn]] (a tributary of [[Isen]]), 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 enter the [[Bay of Belfalas]] at [[Edhellond]] near [[Dol Amroth]]; the [[Lefnui]] of the [[Anfalas]], and the [[Five Rivers of Lebennin]].

In the [[Second Age]], the White Mountains were populated by a people related to the [[Dunlendings]] who had been servants of [[Sauron]]. They swore allegiance to [[Isildur]], but betrayed him and were cursed: they became known as the [[Dead Men of Dunharrow]], of the paths [[Aragorn]], [[Gimli (Middle-earth)|Gimli]], [[Legolas]], and the Rangers later took. Before the [[Dunlendings]], the White Mountains had been home to the ''Púkel-Men'' or [[Drúedain]].

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