Hart Hills is a line of low, mainly snow-covered hills, 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, trending east-west. The hills are isolated, lying 8 nautical miles (15 km) west of Pagano Nunatak

Pagano Nunatak

Pagano Nunatak is a notable rock nunatak with a pointed summit which stands in relative isolation, 8 nautical miles east of Hart Hills and 80 nautical miles north-northeast of Ford Massif, Thiel Mountains. The nunatak was examined and sketched by Edward Thiel in the course of an airlifted...

 and 77 nautical miles (140 km) north of Ford Massif

Ford Massif

Ford Massif is a broad, snow-topped massif 15 nautical miles long and 5 nautical miles wide, forming the major topographic landmark of northern Thiel Mountains. The massif rises to 2,810 m, is essentially flat, and terminates in steep rock cliffs in all but the southern side. Named by Advisory...

 of the Thiel Mountains

Thiel Mountains

The Thiel Mountains are an isolated, mainly snow-capped mountain range in Antarctica which are long. The mountains are located roughly between the Horlick Mountains and the Pensacola Mountains, and extend from Moulton Escarpment on the west to Nolan Pillar on the east. Major components include...

. Observed by Edward Thiel and Campbell Craddock in the course of an airlifted geophysical traverse along the 88th meridian West, December 13, 1959. The name was proposed by them for Pembroke Hart, National Academy

National academy

A national academy is an organizational body, usually operating with state financial support and approval, that co-ordinates scholarly research activities and standards for academic disciplines, most frequently in the sciences but also the humanities. Typically the country's learned societies in...

 of Sciences staff, member of the technical panel on seismology and gravity on the U.S. National Committee for the IGY.