Hjelm Range


The Hjelm Range 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.

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 and the highest point of the range is high Harder Bjerg The Vestre Plateau and the Margrethedal mark the eastern limit of the range. The area of the Hjelm mountains is uninhabited.

Mountains