Hilt Cirque (77°17′25″S 160°51′10″E / 77.29028°S 160.85278°E) is the west-most cirque of The Fortress in the Cruzen Range of Victoria Land. The cirque is 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km) wide and lies east of Salyer Ledge. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 2005 after Lieutenant (jg) J.W. Hilt, U.S. Navy, pilot of the VX-6 Otter aircraft that obtained low-elevation oblique aerial photographs of Saint Johns Range, Willett Range and Cruzen Range on November 20, 1959.
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