Ered Lithui

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Ered Lithui is a dark, forbidding mountain range in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth that forms the northern border of the land of Mordor.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional mountain range
geographical feature in Middle-earth
alsoKnownAs Ash Mountains
appearsIn The Lord of the Rings
The Silmarillion
Unfinished Tales
associatedWith Sauron
Mordor
surface form: the land of Mordor
belongsToLegendarium legendarium of Middle-earth
surface form: Tolkien legendarium
connectedTo Ephel Dúath
creator J. R. R. Tolkien
describedAs dark
forbidding
fictionalLocationType mountain range
formsBorderOf Mordor
formsNorthernBorderOf Mordor
formsWith Ephel Dúath
the encircling mountains of Mordor
guarded the northern approaches to Mordor
hasCategory Fictional mountain ranges
Locations in Mordor
Misty Mountains
surface form: Mountains of Middle-earth
hasPass Morannon
surface form: the Morannon
influencedBy the eruptions of Orodruin
languageOfOrigin Sindarin
locatedEastOf Ithilien
locatedInFictionalUniverse Middle-earth
locatedNorthOf Mordor
locatedSouthOf Rhovanion
locatedWestOf the Sea of Núrnen
mentionedIn The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
nameLanguage Sindarin
nameMeaning Ash Mountains
near the Black Gate
Morannon
surface form: the Morannon
orientation east–west
partOf the geography of the Third Age of Middle-earth
the mountain defenses of Mordor
separatesFrom Mordor
Rhovanion
terrainCharacter rugged
volcanic or ashen

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Middle-earth hasMountainRange Ered Lithui
Mordor borderedBy Ered Lithui
White Mountains nameMeaning Ered Lithui
this entity surface form: Ered Nimrais means ‘White-horn Mountains’ in Sindarin