Largest mountain range in ME - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

The Might · 01-05-2007, 06:10 AM

Now I have always believed that the Misty Mountains are the largest mountain range in ME, and I think I had seen a quote sometime that said that. But somehow I can't find that proof anymore, and I'm uncertain...

So...what is it ?

Amras Oronar · 01-05-2007, 12:01 PM

If you look at the map I'd say that indeed the Misty Mountains are the biggest, but I don't think I ever red anything about it. I never really wondered about this before...so maybe I have red about it but forgotten it? ah well, I'd say they are the biggest

Eomer of the Rohirrim · 01-05-2007, 12:18 PM

Do the Ash Mountains surround Mordor? Because then they'd be challenging.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 01-05-2007, 12:46 PM

They don't, the Ash Mountains are just west-eastern line and the north-south line which is is Ephel Dúath.

The highest mountains in Middle-Earth were Ered Engrin in the First Age, and if the Iron Hills and Grey Mountains were originally a part of them (as it is often speculated, and it is very much possible), they'd be possibly also the largest in the terms of length. However, after the destruction of Beleriand, concerning the length of the mountain range, the Hithaeglir still wound't be the greatest. They were about 700 miles long from north to south, including the mountains of Angmar in the measurement, but the White Mountains were larger in that point - according to Karen Wynn Fonstad's Atlas, they were 852 miles long. And the Ered Luin in the First Age, before the destruction of Beleriand, were more than 900 miles long, thus larger than Hithaeglir even if you didn't count Ered Engrin.

Of course you asked about Middle-Earth, by which I do not mean Aman - otherwise it'd be Pelóri.

The Might · 01-05-2007, 01:12 PM

the Walls of the Sun would however probably have a similar length as we know they were raised in the East as an opposite to the Pelori in the far west

anyway, thank you for the information, I guess I never thought that the White Mountains include Ras Morthil as well...
if it so, they probably are longer then the Misty Mountains, still if I take a better look, the Ered Nimrais probably are longer

Legate of Amon Lanc · 01-05-2007, 01:24 PM

Yeah, the part of Andrast counts as well - and if you look at it, it's really long then. The part of the Mountains of the Sun you mentioned is right as well. I could also add that we have no information about the length of Orocarni - the Mountains of the East, where Cuiviénen was. I don't know if they survived the First Age or other cataclysms (the drowning of Númenor, specifically), but I'd guess they also wouldn't be as short.

Nevertheless, I think the Hithaeglir was possibly the highest at least of all the mountains showed on the LotR map.

01-05-2007, 06:10 AM	#1
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Largest mountain range in ME Now I have always believed that the Misty Mountains are the largest mountain range in ME, and I think I had seen a quote sometime that said that. But somehow I can't find that proof anymore, and I'm uncertain... So...what is it ? __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

01-05-2007, 12:18 PM	#3
Eomer of the Rohirrim Auspicious Wraith Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 4,859	Do the Ash Mountains surround Mordor? Because then they'd be challenging. __________________ Los Ingobernables de Harlond

01-05-2007, 12:46 PM	#4
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	They don't, the Ash Mountains are just west-eastern line and the north-south line which is is Ephel Dúath. The highest mountains in Middle-Earth were Ered Engrin in the First Age, and if the Iron Hills and Grey Mountains were originally a part of them (as it is often speculated, and it is very much possible), they'd be possibly also the largest in the terms of length. However, after the destruction of Beleriand, concerning the length of the mountain range, the Hithaeglir still wound't be the greatest. They were about 700 miles long from north to south, including the mountains of Angmar in the measurement, but the White Mountains were larger in that point - according to Karen Wynn Fonstad's Atlas, they were 852 miles long. And the Ered Luin in the First Age, before the destruction of Beleriand, were more than 900 miles long, thus larger than Hithaeglir even if you didn't count Ered Engrin. Of course you asked about Middle-Earth, by which I do not mean Aman - otherwise it'd be Pelóri. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

01-05-2007, 01:12 PM	#5
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	the Walls of the Sun would however probably have a similar length as we know they were raised in the East as an opposite to the Pelori in the far west anyway, thank you for the information, I guess I never thought that the White Mountains include Ras Morthil as well... if it so, they probably are longer then the Misty Mountains, still if I take a better look, the Ered Nimrais probably are longer __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

01-05-2007, 01:24 PM	#6
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Yeah, the part of Andrast counts as well - and if you look at it, it's really long then. The part of the Mountains of the Sun you mentioned is right as well. I could also add that we have no information about the length of Orocarni - the Mountains of the East, where Cuiviénen was. I don't know if they survived the First Age or other cataclysms (the drowning of Númenor, specifically), but I'd guess they also wouldn't be as short. Nevertheless, I think the Hithaeglir was possibly the highest at least of all the mountains showed on the LotR map. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

01-05-2007, 12:01 PM	#2
Amras Oronar Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Zoetermeer Posts: 29	If you look at the map I'd say that indeed the Misty Mountains are the biggest, but I don't think I ever red anything about it. I never really wondered about this before...so maybe I have red about it but forgotten it? ah well, I'd say they are the biggest