Hjelm Range

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Hjelm Range
Hjelmbjergene
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Map of Northeastern Greenland.
Highest point
Peak Harder Bjerg
Elevation 1,627 m (5,338 ft)
Dimensions
Length32 km (20 mi)NW/SE
Width17 km (11 mi)NE/SW
Geography
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Hjelm Range
Location
Country Greenland
Range coordinates 73°25′N23°5′W / 73.417°N 23.083°W / 73.417; -23.083

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.

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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 1,627 m (5,338 ft) 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

See also

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References

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


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