The Haug Range () is a

mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have aris ...

in far northwestern

Greenland Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenlan ...

. Administratively this range is part of

Avannaata Avannaata (, ) is a municipality of Greenland created on 1 January 2018 from the bulk of the former Qaasuitsup municipality. It encompasses an area of 522,700 km2 and has 10,726 inhabitants. Geography In the south, Avannaata is flanked ...

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. The range is located in

Hall Land Hall Land is a peninsula in far northwestern Greenland. It is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. Hall Land is one of the coldest places in Greenland. History Hall Land was named after Charles Francis Hall, leader of the 1871 Polari ...

, one of the coldest places in Greenland. This mountain chain was named after Ivar Haug, who compiled the first Gazetteer of Greenland. The area of the range is characterized by

Tundra climate The tundra climate is a polar climate sub-type located in high latitudes and high mountains. It is classified as ET according to the Köppen climate classification. It is a climate which at least one month has an average temperature high enough ...

Geography

The Haug Range is an up to almost 1,100 m high little

glaciated A glacier (; or ) is a persistent body of dense ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires d ...

mountain range in Hall Land. It runs roughly from east to west across the peninsula, from the shores of the

Nares Strait Nares Strait (; ) is a waterway between Ellesmere Island and Greenland that connects the northern part of Baffin Bay in the Atlantic Ocean with the Lincoln Sea in the Arctic Ocean. From south to north, the strait includes Smith Sound, Kane Basi ...

to the shores of the Newman Bay, separating the

unglaciated A glacier (; or ) is a persistent body of dense ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its Ablation#Glaciology, ablation over many years, often cen ...

Polaris Foreland in the north from the southern part of Hall Land. high Kayser Mountain, the highest elevation of the range, is located at its northeastern end. The area of the Haug Range is uninhabited.

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Pentamerus :''The gall mite genus ''Pentamerus'', established by Roivainen in 1951, is invalid and needs to be renamed. Until this happens, use '' Pentamerus (mite)''.'' ''Pentamerus'' (meaning "five thighs") is a prehistoric genus of brachiopods that lived ...

fossils dating back to the

Lower Silurian The Silurian ( ) is a geologic period and system spanning 23.5 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, Mya. The Silurian is the third and shortest period of t ...

have been found in this mountain range. They belong to the Hauge Bjerge Formation.Hauge Bjerge Formation - Peary Land Group
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Bibliography

Greenland geology and selected mineral occurrences - GEUS

References

External links

Geological map of Greenland - 1 : 500 000 - Polygon Legend - GEUS
Mountain ranges of Greenland {{Greenland-geo-stub

Geography

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