H. H. Benedict Range

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H. H. Benedict Range
H. H. Benedict Bjerge
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Location
Highest point
Peak Stjernebannertinde
Elevation 1,433 m (4,701 ft)
Listing List of mountain ranges of Greenland
Dimensions
Length60 km (37 mi)E/W
Width30 km (19 mi)N/S
Geography
Country Greenland
State/ProvincePeary Land
Range coordinates 83°20′N33°0′W / 83.333°N 33.000°W / 83.333; -33.000 Coordinates: 83°20′N33°0′W / 83.333°N 33.000°W / 83.333; -33.000
Parent range Roosevelt Range
Geology
Age of rock Precambrian, Silurian

The H. H. Benedict Range or H. H. Benedict Mountains (Danish : H. H. Benedict Bjerge) is a mountain range in Peary Land, Northern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.

Danish language North Germanic language spoken in Denmark

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Mountain range A geographic area containing several geologically related mountains

A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills ranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arisen from the same cause, usually an orogeny. Mountain ranges are formed by a variety of geological processes, but most of the significant ones on Earth are the result of plate tectonics. Mountain ranges are also found on many planetary mass objects in the Solar System and are likely a feature of most terrestrial planets.

Peary Land peninsula

Peary Land is a peninsula in northern Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean. It reaches from Victoria Fjord in the west to Independence Fjord in the south and southeast, and to the Arctic Ocean in the north, with Cape Morris Jesup, the northernmost point of Greenland's mainland, and Cape Bridgman in the northeast.

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The H. H. Benedict range is part of the northernmost mountain system in the world. [1] The area where its ridges rise is barren and uninhabited.

History

The mountain chain was named by Robert Peary after Henry H. Benedict (1844–1935), one of the founding members of the Peary Arctic Club in New York. [2] Besides his financial support Mr Benedict had gifted a pianola for the entertainment of the members of the expedition. [3]

Robert Peary explorer from the United States

Robert Edwin Peary Sr. was an American explorer and United States Navy officer who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known for claiming to have reached the geographic North Pole with his expedition on April 6, 1909.

Peary Arctic Club

The Peary Arctic Club was an American-based club with the goal of promoting the Arctic expeditions of Robert Peary.

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Peary saw the range from a distance, but didn't explore it. Aerial surveys begun by Lauge Koch in the 1920s mapped the area and Danish surveyors named some features. Only in 1996 did an expedition climb the highest point of the range. [4] [5]

Lauge Koch Danish geologist

Lauge Koch was a Danish geologist and Arctic explorer.

Geography

The H. H. Benedict Range is a subrange of the Roosevelt Range. [6] Its highest peak is 1,433 m (4,701 ft) high Stjernebannertinde, [7] a conspicuous summit.

Roosevelt Range mountain range in Greenland

The Roosevelt Range or Roosevelt Mountains is a mountain range in Northern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. Its highest peak is the highest point in Peary Land.

The range is located in Northern Peary Land, stretching north of the Frederick E. Hyde Fjord. The valleys between the mountains are filled with glaciers, the largest of which are the Borup Glacier, Moore Glacier and Ydun Glacier. [7]

Frederick E. Hyde Fjord

Frederick E. Hyde Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, far northern Greenland.

The H. H. Benedict Range runs roughly from east to west in Johannes V. Jensen Land east of the Mary Peary Peaks. The Daly Range (Daly Bjerge) rises to the east, between the eastern end of the H. H. Benedict Range and the Wandel Sea. [8]

Geology

In the same manner as the Roosevelt Range the H. H. Benedict Range is part of the Caledonian orogeny extending eastward from north Ellesmere Island. [9]

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Map of Northern Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland.
Roosevelt Range section of Robert Peary's 1900 explorations map "Polar Regions". Roosevelt Range 1903.png
Roosevelt Range section of Robert Peary's 1900 explorations map "Polar Regions".

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References

  1. ↑ 2002 American Alpine Journal, p.286
  2. ↑ How Did Frederick E. Hyde Fjord Get Its Name?
  3. ↑ Robert Edwin Peary, The North Pole: Its Discovery in 1909 Under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club.
  4. ↑ North America, Greenland, The Far North, Jensenland, Explorations of Most Northerly Land
  5. ↑ Sitting on Top of the World
  6. ↑ "H. H. Benedict Range". Geographical Items on North Greenland Encyclopedia Arctica vol.14-0639. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  7. 1 2 "Stjernebannertinde". Mapcarta. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  8. ↑ "Greenland Pilot" (PDF). Danish Geodata Agency. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  9. ↑ Crossing North Peary Land in Summer 1953
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