From the Encyclopedia of Arda:
Even Gandalf had never explored there, and though Aragorn had travelled there, we have no report of his doings.
Of its ancient geography we can glean a little from the Silmarillion:
On its eastern shoreline lay the mountains of the Orocarni, and at their feet on a small bay was the land Cuiviénen, where the first Elves awoke in Middle-earth.
It was there that Oromë discovered them, and ultimately led many of them on a Great Journey around the northern end of the Sea of Helcar as they set out for Valinor in the distant west.
A lost range of mountains in the far east of Middle-earth, near Cuiviénen, beneath which the first Elves awoke.
Called the Mountains of the East, the name Orocarni literally translates as 'Red Mountains'.
We know little more about them, except that they were apparently the source of the many streams that ran down into Cuiviénen.
After landing in Middle-earth, they travelled directly into the far east with Curunír (better known as Saruman).
The mission of the Blue Wizards was to travel to eastern lands occupied by Sauron, and help to foment unrest among his subject peoples.
Whether they succeeded or not, even Tolkien was unsure, though he imagined that they had probably failed. It's also uncertain why they remained in the east while Curunír returned
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