H. H. Benedict Range

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.

H. H. Benedict Range
H. H. Benedict Bjerge
Map of Northern Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland.
Highest point
PeakStjernebannertinde
Elevation1,433 m (4,701 ft)
ListingList of mountain ranges of Greenland
Dimensions
Length60 km (37 mi) E/W
Width30 km (19 mi) N/S
Geography
H. H. Benedict Range is located in Greenland
H. H. Benedict Range
Location
CountryGreenland
RegionPeary Land
Range coordinates83°20′N 33°0′W
Parent rangeRoosevelt Range
Geology
Age of rockPrecambrian, Silurian

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]

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]

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.

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]

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]

Roosevelt Range section of Robert Peary's 1900 explorations map "Polar Regions".

See also

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. "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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