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Hjelm Range

{{Short description|Mountain range in Greenland}}

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The Hjelm Range ({{langx|da|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.{{cite web|title=Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland |publisher=Geological Survey of Denmark |url=http://www.geus.dk/publications/bull/nr21/nr21_p117-368.pdf3 |accessdate=27 July 2016 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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{{cite web|url=http://mapcarta.com/19192662|title=Hjelmbjergene|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=27 July 2016}} and the highest point of the range is {{convert|1627|m|abbr=on}} high Harder Bjerg (Hardersbjerg){{cite web|url=http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=13327|title=Hardersbjerg, Greenland|work=Peakbagger|accessdate=3 August 2016}} The Vestre Plateau and the Margrethedal mark the eastern limit of the range. The area of the Hjelm mountains is uninhabited.Google Earth

=Mountains=

  • Bøggild Bjerg{{cite web|url=http://mapcarta.com/19194136|title=Bøggild Bjerg|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=27 July 2016}}
  • Gunnbjörnfjellet
  • Harder Bjerg{{cite web|url=http://mapcarta.com/19192810|title=Harder Bjerg|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=27 July 2016}}
  • Langbjerg{{cite web|url=http://mapcarta.com/19189980|title=Langbjerg|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=27 July 2016}}
  • Smith Woodward Bjerg{{cite web|url=http://mapcarta.com/19185210|title=Smith Woodward Bjerg|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=27 July 2016}}
  • Stensiø Bjerg{{cite web|url=http://mapcarta.com/19184976|title=Stensiø Bjerg|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=27 July 2016}}
  • Torkjellfjellet

See also

References

{{Reflist|2}}

External links

  • [http://jgs.lyellcollection.org/content/137/4/491.abstract Tertiary volcanism in northern E Greenland: Gauss Halvø and Hold with Hope]

Category:Mountain ranges of Greenland

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