Hjort massif

Hjort massif
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height	1000 m
location	Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula
Mountains	Wilson Mountains
Coordinates	72 ° 7 ′ 38 ″ S , 61 ° 23 ′ 11 ″ W Coordinates: 72 ° 7 ′ 38 ″ S , 61 ° 23 ′ 11 ″ W

The Hjort massif is a striking and around 1000 m high mountain on the Black Coast in Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . At the northeastern end of the Wilson Mountains, it rises on the south bank of the Hilton Inlet .

Scientists from the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) discovered and photographed it during an overflight in 1940. United States Navy aerial photographs from 1966 to 1969 were used by the United States Geological Survey for mapping. The British Antarctic Survey carried out surveys between 1974 and 1975. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the mountain in 1977 after the Norwegian marine biologist Johan Hjort (1869-1948), who worked from 1926 to 1939 at the University of Oslo .

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