Wilhelmina Mountains

Wilhelmine Stevenage Birge is a 100 km long from east to west running mountain range in the district Sipaliwini in Suriname.

It is a centrally located Mountains, south of the fourth degree of latitude. Of these, the Bakhuisgebirge that Emma chain and the Van Asch van Wijck Mountains form the northern and Eilert -de- Haan Mountains, the southern foothills. The mountain range has thirteen peaks over 1,000 m. Of all the Julianatop with 1,280 m the highest and thus also the highest point in the country.

Wilhelmine Stevenage foothills lies on the boundary of two plains: the basin of the Coppename the north and the basin of the Corantijn, here: the Lucie and Kabalebofluss in the south. Due to the larger distance between the southern lowlands of the Atlantic they are on average 100-125 m higher than the northern lowlands. The meeting often form a steep edge, which is strongly incised by the headwaters of the Corantijn.

The first scientific studies of the mountains have been made by the expedition of Eilert de Haan 1908, the Corantijn expedition of Eilert de Haan and Kayser 1910 to 1911 and the Wilhelmi Stevenage Birge expedition Stahel and Ijzerman 1926. In the sixties and seventies of the last century, especially the Centraal Bureau Lucht card ring ( Central Bureau of Lufbildkartierung ) and the Geologic Mijnbouwkundige service were responsible ( Geological- bergbaukundlicher service) for the study.

The mountain is named after Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.