Hjort Massif is a salient mountain

Mountain

Image:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|right|The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everestrect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzorect 200 28 335 52 Makalurect 378 24 566 45 Mount Everestrect 188 581 920 656 Tibetan Plateaurect 250 406 340 427 Rong River...

 rising to about 1,000 m at the northeast end of the Wilson Mountains

Wilson Mountains

The Wilson Mountains First photographed from the air by USAS, 1940. Mapped by USGS from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1966-69. In association with the names of continental drift scientists grouped in this area, named by US-ACAN after John Tuzo Wilson , Canadian geophysicist who visited...

, on the south side of Hilton Inlet

Hilton Inlet

Hilton Inlet is an ice-filled inlet, 12 nautical miles wide, which recedes about 22 nautical miles west from its entrance between Capes Darlington and Knowles, along the east coast of Palmer Land. Discovered by the United States Antarctic Service in 1940, and named for Donald C...

, Bowman Coast

Bowman Coast

The Bowman Coast is the portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Northrop and Cape Agassiz. It was discovered by Sir Hubert Wilkins in an aerial flight of December 20, 1928. It was named by Wilkins for Isaiah Bowman, then Director of the American Geographical Society....

, Graham Land

Graham Land

Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...

. Photographed from the air by United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1940. Mapped by United States Geological Survey

United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...

 (USGS) from aerial photographs taken by the U.S. Navy, 1966-69. Surveyed by British Antarctic Survey

British Antarctic Survey

The British Antarctic Survey is the United Kingdom's national Antarctic operation and has an active role in Antarctic affairs. BAS is part of the Natural Environment Research Council and has over 400 staff. It operates five research stations, two ships and five aircraft in and around Antarctica....

 (BAS), 1974-75. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1977 after Johan Hjort

Johan Hjort

Johan Hjort FRS was a Norwegian fisheries scientist, marine zoologist, and oceanographer. He was among the most prominent and influential marine zoologists of his time.- The early years :...

 (1869–1948), Professor of Marine Biology

Marine biology

Marine biology is the scientific study of organisms in the ocean or other marine or brackish bodies of water. Given that in biology many phyla, families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land, marine biology classifies species based on the environment rather...

, University of Oslo, 1920–39; Chairman of the International Whaling Committee, 1926-39.