Halle Range

Halle Range
Hallebjergene
Map of Clavering Island (Eskimonaes) and neighbouring areas
Highest point
Peak Bramsen Bjerg
Elevation 1,272 m (4,173 ft)
Dimensions
Length 20 km (12 mi) NW/SE
Width 15 km (9.3 mi) NE/SW
Area 300 km2 (120 sq mi)
Geography
Location
Country Greenland
Range coordinates 74°14′N 21°45′W / 74.233°N 21.750°W / 74.233; -21.750Coordinates: 74°14′N 21°45′W / 74.233°N 21.750°W / 74.233; -21.750
Geology
Age of rock Upper Carboniferous[1]

The Halle Range or Halle Mountains (Danish: Hallebjergene)[2] is a mountain range in Clavering Island, King Christian X Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.

The range was named by Lauge Koch during his 1929–30 expedition after Thore Gustav Halle (1884–1964), a professor at the University of Stockholm who had worked on the plant samples brought by the expedition. Formerly it had been also known as Joh. H. Andresenfjellet.[3]

Geography

The Halle Range is an up to 1200 m high little glaciated mountain massif located in the southwest part of Clavering Island (Clavering Ø). Its average elevation is 912 m and the highest point of the range is 1272 m high Bramsen Bjerg. The Vildbækdalen is a valley in the heart of the range. The area of the Halle mountains is uninhabited.[4]

Detailed map of the area around Clavering Island.

Mountains

  • Bramsen Bjerg
  • Brinkley Bjerg
  • Dunken
  • Eiger
  • Forposten
  • Gedderyggen
  • Hjertet
  • Højnålen
  • Kisbjerg
  • Langelinie
  • Moltke Bjerg
  • Monucleus
  • Ortlerspids
  • Pladen
  • Skårene
  • Steinmannspids
  • Trinucleus
  • Vestmar Bjerg
  • Vesttinden
  • Østtinden

See also

References

  1. ↑ Druid Wilson,Geologic Names of North America, Parts 1-2, p. 610
  2. ↑ "Hallebjergene". Mapcarta. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  4. ↑ Google Earth
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