Helpt Hills

{{short description|Hill range in Germany}}

{{Infobox mountain range

| name = Helpter Berge

| map = Germany Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

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| photo = Helpter Berg.jpg

| photo_caption = Summit Helpter Berg: highest point of the Helpt Hills
with trig point and hill cross

| state = Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern {{GER}}

| parent = Mecklenburg-Brandenburg Lake District

| location =

| geology = terminal moraine of the Weichselian glaciation

| period =

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| highest = Helpter Berg

| elevation = {{Höhe|179.2|DE-NHN}}

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| range_coordinates = {{coord|53.48639|N|13.60861|E|region:DE_type:mountain_scale:300000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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The Helpt Hills ({{langx|de|Helpter Berge}}) are the highest natural elevation in the northeast German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern reaching a maximum height of {{Convert|179.2|m|ft}} above sea level (NHN).{{GeoQuelle|DE-MV|GDV}} The hills are a terminal moraine formed during the Pomeranian stadium of the Weichselian glaciation and were named after the village of Helpt on their northern slopes.

The ridge, which is part of a relatively short hill chain running from southwest to northeast, is located in the east of the aforementioned German state in the district of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte about {{Convert|24|km|mi}} (south)-east of Neubrandenburg, {{Convert|3|km|mi}} north of Woldegk and {{Convert|25|km|mi}} west of Strasburg.

About {{Convert|580|m|yd}} southwest of the highest point of the Helpt Hills is the Helpterberg Television Tower which is about {{Convert|155|m|ft}} high and not accessible to the public. Other transmission installations have been built not far to the north-northeast of the tower.