Hjorth Hill
| Hjorth Hill | ||
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| height | 760 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Hjorth Hill (originally Hjort's Hill ) is a 760 m high, rounded and unvereister mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises north of New Harbor and 3 km south of Hogback Hill .
Participants in the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) led by polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott made the name. The namesake is the Swedish company BA Hjorth & Co. of the Swedish entrepreneur Berndt August Hjorth (1862–1937) based in Stockholm , manufacturer of the primary cooker used on this research trip .
Web links
- Hjorth Hill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hjorth Hill on geographic.org (English)