H. H. Benedict Range

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. Besides his financial support Mr Benedict had gifted a pianola for the entertainment of the members of the expedition. 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. ==Geography==

The H. H. Benedict Range is a subrange of the Roosevelt Range. Its highest peak is high Stjernebannertinde, 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. ==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. ==See also==