Hjelm Range Explained

Hjelm Range
Other Name:	Hjelmbjergene
Length Km:	32
Length Orientation:	NW/SE
Width Km:	17
Width Orientation:	NE/SW
Elevation M:	1627
Range Coordinates:	73.4167°N -28°W
Map:	Greenland

The Hjelm Range (Danish: Hjelmbjergene) is a mountain range in the Gauss Peninsula, King Christian X Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.

The range was named by the 1931 - 1934 Three-year Expedition to East Greenland following a suggestion by expedition member Thyge Johansen, who said that the rounded mountaintops reminded him of the helmets worn by Roman soldiers.^[1]

Geography

The Hjelm Range is a mountain chain located in the southern part of the Gauss Peninsula stretching roughly from NW to SE along the coast of the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord. Its northern limit is the Paralleldal^[2] and the highest point of the range is 1627m (5,338feet) high Harder Bjerg (Hardersbjerg)^[3] The Vestre Plateau and the Margrethedal mark the eastern limit of the range. The area of the Hjelm mountains is uninhabited.^[4]

Mountains

• Bøggild Bjerg^[5]
• Gunnbjörnfjellet^[1]
• Harder Bjerg^[6]
• Langbjerg^[7]
• Smith Woodward Bjerg^[8]
• Stensiø Bjerg^[9]
• Torkjellfjellet^[1]

See also

• List of mountain ranges of Greenland

External links

• Tertiary volcanism in northern E Greenland: Gauss Halvø and Hold with Hope

Notes and References

1. Web site: Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland . Geological Survey of Denmark . 27 July 2016 .
2. Web site: Hjelmbjergene. Mapcarta. 27 July 2016.
3. Web site: Hardersbjerg, Greenland. Peakbagger. 3 August 2016.
4. [Google Earth]
5. Web site: Bøggild Bjerg. Mapcarta. 27 July 2016.
6. Web site: Harder Bjerg. Mapcarta. 27 July 2016.
7. Web site: Langbjerg. Mapcarta. 27 July 2016.
8. Web site: Smith Woodward Bjerg. Mapcarta. 27 July 2016.
9. Web site: Stensiø Bjerg. Mapcarta. 27 July 2016.