On 1999 May 9 the Solar Ultraviolet Measurements of Emitted Radiation (SUMER) spectrometer on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) recorded spectra from a high-temperature region located in the solar corona above the west limb. These spectra contain lines from rather less-abundant elements in solar plasmas. In this paper we present identiÐcations of the high-temperature K) Ne, (T e º 3 ] 106 Na, Mg, Ar, K, Ca, Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni lines that were detected in the 500È1600 spectral range A of SUMER. In addition, accurate wavelength measurements have been obtained with uncertainties varying between 0.015 and 0.040(1 p). Making use of the newly measured wavelengths, we derive A energy levels in the ground conÐguration of a number of highly charged ions. We present intensity ratio calculations of lines in the SUMER range that could be used to measure electron densities in hightemperature solar plasmas. We also provide emissivities for Ca XIIIÈCa XV and Fe XVIIIÈFe XXIII lines that could be used to determine emission measures and electron temperatures of high-temperature plasmas. We discuss a method for measuring elemental abundance variations in high-temperature solar plasmas using lines presented in the paper. A list of spectral lines spanning the 300È30000 wavelength A range and their branching ratios that are suitable for efficiency calibration of space-borne spectrographs is provided.