Their first known settling-place was west of the later Gap of Rohan between the Misty Mountains and the White.
The Teleri were sundered from the first two clans, the Vanyar and the Noldor, first because some, after seeing the Hithaeglir (Misty Mountains), dispersed from the journey; these elves would become known as the Nandor and/or Silvan Elves.