The Wilson MountainsThe Wilson Mountains (72°15′S 061°50′W are a group of mountain

Mountain

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s including Hjort Massif

Hjort Massif

Hjort Massif is a salient mountain rising to about 1,000 m at the northeast end of the Wilson Mountains, on the south side of Hilton Inlet, Bowman Coast, Graham Land. Photographed from the air by United States Antarctic Service , 1940. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from aerial...

, rising to approximately 1600 metres (5,249.3 ft) to the west of Merz Peninsula

Merz Peninsula

Merz Peninsula is an irregular, ice-covered peninsula, about 15 miles long in an east-west direction and averaging 25 miles wide, between Hilton Inlet and Violante Inlet on the east coast of Palmer Land. It was discovered and photographed from the air in December 1940 by the US Antarctic...

, Black Coast, Palmer Land

Palmer Land

Palmer Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between US-ACAN and UK-APC, in which the name Antarctic Peninsula was approved for the major peninsula of...

 in Antarctica. The feature is bounded to the west by the Du Toit Mountains

Du Toit Mountains

The Du Toit Mountains are a group of mountains about 60 km long and 16 km wide, to the SW of Wilson Mountains in SE Palmer Land, Antarctica. The mountains have peaks rising to 1,700 m and are bounded by Beaumont, Maury and Defant Glaciers.First photographed from the air by the USAS,...

, to the north by Beaumont Glacier

Beaumont Glacier

Beaumont Glacier is a broad glacier flowing in a northeast direction to the southwest part of Hilton Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land. The United States Antarctic Service discovered and photographed it from the air in 1940...

 and 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...

, and to the south by Defant Glacier

Defant Glacier

Defant Glacier is a glacier 2 nautical miles wide at its mouth, which flows east-southeast to the west side of Violante Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land. Discovered and photographed from the air in December 1940 by the United States Antarctic Service...

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First photographed from the air by USAS

United States Antarctic Program

United States Antarctic Program is an organization of the United States government which has presence in the continent of Antarctica. It co-ordinates research and the operational support for research in the region...

, 1940. Mapped by USGS

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,...

 from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1966-69. In association with the names of continental drift

Continental drift

Continental drift is the movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other. The hypothesis that continents 'drift' was first put forward by Abraham Ortelius in 1596 and was fully developed by Alfred Wegener in 1912...

 scientists grouped in this area, named by US-ACAN after John Tuzo Wilson (1908–93), Canadian geophysicist who visited Antarctica on US Navy Operation Deep Freeze

Operation Deep Freeze

Operation Deep Freeze is the codename for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with "Operation Deep Freeze I" in 1955–56, followed by "Operation Deep Freeze II", "Operation Deep Freeze III", and so on...

, 1958. Wilson was professor of Geophysics, University of Toronto

University of Toronto

The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...

, 1946–74 and Director-General, Ontario Science Centre

Ontario Science Centre

Ontario Science Centre is a science museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, near the Don Valley Parkway about northeast of downtown on Don Mills Road just south of Eglinton Avenue East...

, 1974-85.