Helm may refer to:

Common meanings

* a ship's steering mechanism; see

tiller A tiller or till is a lever used to steer a vehicle. The mechanism is primarily used in watercraft, where it is attached to an outboard motor, rudder post or stock to provide leverage in the form of torque for the helmsman to turn the rudder ...

and

ship's wheel A ship's wheel or boat's wheel is a device used aboard a water vessel to steer that vessel and control its course. Together with the rest of the steering mechanism, it forms part of the helm. It is connected to a mechanical, electric servo, or ...

* another term for

helmsman A helmsman or helm (sometimes driver) is a person who steers a ship, sailboat, submarine, other type of maritime vessel, or spacecraft. The rank and seniority of the helmsman may vary: on small vessels such as fishing vessels and yachts, t ...

* an archaic term for a

helmet A helmet is a form of protective gear worn to protect the head. More specifically, a helmet complements the skull in protecting the human brain. Ceremonial or symbolic helmets (e.g., a policeman's helmet in the United Kingdom) without protect ...

, used as armor

Arts and entertainment

Matt Helm Matt Helm is a fictional character created by American author Donald Hamilton (1916-2006). Helm is a U.S. government counter-agent, a man whose primary job is to kill or nullify enemy agents—not a spy or secret agent in the ordinary sense of t ...

, a character created by Donald Hamilton *

Helm (Forgotten Realms) ''Forgotten Realms'' is a campaign setting for the '' Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') fantasy role-playing game. Commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as "The Realms", it was created by game designer Ed Greenwood around 1967 as ...

, a god in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the game ''Dungeons & Dragons'' * Helm, a character from the 2000AD comic strip ''

Rogue Trooper ''Rogue Trooper'' is a science fiction strip in the British comic book, comic ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'', created by Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons in 1981. It portrays the adventures of a "Supersoldier, Genetic Infantryman" named Rogue ...

'' * ''Helm'' (album), released by Lebanese singer Carole Samaha * ''Helm'', a novel by

Steven Gould Steven Charles Gould (born February 7, 1955) is an American science fiction writer and teacher. He has written ten novels. He is best known for his 1992 novel '' Jumper'', which was adapted into a film released in 2008. Biography Steven Charles ...

HELM

* Hierarchical editing language for macromolecules, a method of describing complex biological molecules * Holomorphic embedding load flow method, a mathematical technique for solving AC power flow

People

* Helm (given name) * Helm (surname)

Places

United States

Helm, California Helm is an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California. It is located south of Kerman, at an elevation of 187 feet (57 m). The first post office was opened in Helm in 1913. The ZIP code is 93627. The city was name after William ...

, an unincorporated community * Helm, Kentucky, an unincorporated community *

Helm, Missouri Helm is an unincorporated community in northeast Pulaski County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is located adjacent to Missouri Route N, just south of Missouri Route 133 Route 133 is a highway in central Missouri. Its northern te ...

, an unincorporated community *

Helm Canal The Helm Canal is an aqueduct named after William Helm in Clovis, California, involved in a series of water transfers to eliminate selenium bearing brackish waters to the San Joaquin River to bypass agricultural deliveries. The Helm canal was pr ...

, California, an aqueduct

Antarctica

* Helm Glacier *

Helm Peak Relay Hills () is a group of low, ice-covered hills, mainly conical in shape, between Mount Edgell and Kinnear Mountains in western Antarctic Peninsula. First roughly surveyed from the ground by British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1936–37. P ...

Helm Point Helm Point () is a point which marks the southeast tip of Honeycomb Ridge on the west side of Moubray Bay, Antarctica. It consists of brown granodiorite and supports a relatively luxuriant vegetation of lichens and mosses, along with nests of snow ...

Elsewhere

Helm Crag Helm Crag is a fell in the English Lake District situated in the Central Fells to the north of Grasmere. Despite its low height it sits prominently at the end of a ridge, easily seen from the village. This, combined with the distinctive summit ...

, Cumbria, England *

Helm (mountain) The Helm ( it, Monte Elmo; german: Helm) is a mountain in the Puster Valley in South Tyrol, Italy. References * Peter Holl: ''Alpenvereinsführer Karnischer Hauptkamm'', Bergverlag Rudolf Rother Bergverlag Rother is a German publisher with ...

, South Tyrol, Italy

Other uses

* Helm Bank, a Colombian commercial bank purchased and rebranded by

Itaú Unibanco Banco Itaú Unibanco S.A. is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil. Itaú Unibanco was formed through the merger of Banco Itaú and Unibanco in 2008. It is the largest banking institution in Brazil, as well a ...

* , a multinational chemicals marketing and distribution company headquartered in Hamburg, Germany *

Helm Wind The Helm Wind is a named wind in Cumbria, England, a strong north-easterly wind which blows down the south-west slope of the Cross Fell escarpment. It is the only named wind in the British Isles, although many other mountain regions in Britain ...

, which blows in Cumbria, England *

Helmet (heraldry) In heraldic achievements, the helmet or helm is situated above the shield and bears the torse and crest. The style of helmet displayed varies according to rank and social status, and these styles developed over time, in step with the development ...

or helm *

Quarter florin The quarter florin or helm was an attempt by English King Edward III to produce a gold coinage suitable for use in Europe as well as in England (see also double leopard and leopard). The Helm, based on contemporary European gold coins had a value ...

, a medieval English coin known as a helm * , a United States Navy destroyer *

Helm (software) The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is a Linux Foundation project that was founded in 2015 to help advance container technology and align the tech industry around its evolution. It was announced alongside Kubernetes 1.0, an open sourc ...

, an open source Linux package manager