Mount Dolmed (from Sindarin dol + med “wet head”) rose in the First Age above an important pass through the Blue Mountains, between Beleriand and Eriador.
The great dwarven cities of Gabilgathol [Nogrod in Sindarin] and Tumunzahar [Belegost] were built in its vicinity, to the southeast and northeast respectively.
The Blue Mountains [Ered Luin] were partially destroyed during the War of Wrath, causing – according to some – the disappearance of Mount Dolmed. But something different may have occurred…