Hjorth Hill
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Hjorth Hill is a rounded, ice-free mountain
Mountain
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 760 m, standing just north of New Harbour and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Hogback Hill
Hogback Hill
Hogback Hill is a rounded mountain, 735 m, rising just north of Hjorth Hill and 4 nautical miles west of Cape Bernacchi, in Victoria Land. Charted and given this descriptive name by the British Antarctic Expedition under Scott 1910-13....

, in Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...

. Charted by the British Antarctic Expedition
Terra Nova Expedition
The Terra Nova Expedition , officially the British Antarctic Expedition 1910, was led by Robert Falcon Scott with the objective of being the first to reach the geographical South Pole. Scott and four companions attained the pole on 17 January 1912, to find that a Norwegian team led by Roald...

, 1910–13, led by Scott, and named for the maker of the primus lamps used by the expedition. The name is spelled Hjort's Hill in the popular narrative of Scott's expedition, but Hjorth's Hill is used on the map accompanying the narrative. The recommended spelling is based upon the form consistently used on the maps accompanying the British Antarctic Expedition scientific reports.
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