Helcaraxë
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The Helcaraxë (pron. N [ˌhelkaˈrakse], V [ˌxelkaˈrakse]) was the perilous icy wastes that formerly lay between Aman and Middle-earth in the far north of the world. Fingolfin and his people made their way into Middle-earth across the treacherous wastes of the Helcaraxë at the beginning of the First Age.
A name for this region was also the "Narrow Ice", used by Bilbo Baggins in his poem Song of Eärendil.[1]
Etymology
The word is composed of Quenya helca "ice" and caraxe "jagged hedge of spikes" and means "grinding ice".