Helm

Helm may refer to:

Common meanings

• a ship's steering mechanism; see tiller and ship's wheel
• another term for helmsman
• an archaic term for a helmet used as armor

Places

United States

• Helm, California, an unincorporated community
• Helm, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
• Helm Canal, California, an aqueduct

Antarctica

• Helm Glacier
• Helm Peak
• Helm Point

Elsewhere

• Helm Crag, Cumbria, England
• Helm (mountain), South Tyrol, Italy

People

• Helm (surname)
• Helm (given name)

HELM

• Hierarchical Editing Language for Macromolecules, a method of describing complex biological molecules
• Historic Environment Local Management training and advice programme set up by English Heritage in 2004
• Holomorphic embedding load flow method, a mathematical technique

Arts and entertainment

• Helm Hammerhand, 9th king of Rohan in The Lord of the Rings
• Matt Helm, a character created by Donald Hamilton
• Helm (Forgotten Realms), a god in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the game Dungeons & Dragons
• Helm, a character from the 2000AD comic strip Rogue Trooper
• Helm (album), released by Lebanese singer Carole Samaha
• Crimson Helm, a boss in the game Okami
• Helm, a novel by Steven Gould

Other uses

• Quarter Florin, medieval English coin known as a helm
• Helmet (heraldry) or helm
• USS Helm (DD-388), United States Navy destroyer
• Helm Bank, a Colombian commercial bank
• Helm Wind, which blows in Cumbria, England
• an Emacs incremental completion and selection narrowing framework

See also

• Helms (disambiguation)
• Helme (disambiguation)