Andrey Ippolitovich Vilkitsky (russian: Андре́й Ипполи́тович Вильки́цкий; — ) was a Russian
hydrographer
Hydrography is the branch of applied sciences which deals with the measurement and description of the physical features of oceans, seas, coastal areas, lakes and rivers, as well as with the prediction of their change over time, for the primary p ...
and
surveyor
Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, art, and science of determining the terrestrial two-dimensional or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them. A land surveying professional is ca ...
.
He was born in the
Minsk Governorate
The Minsk Governorate (russian: Минская губерния, Belarusian: ) or Government of Minsk was a governorate ('' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire. The seat was in Minsk. It was created in 1793 from the land acquired in the partition ...
. His son,
Boris Vilkitsky followed up his father's work; the
Vilkitsky Islands are named after him.
See also
*
Russian Hydrographic Service
The Russian Hydrographic Service, full current official name Department of Navigation and Oceanography of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation ( rus, Управление навигации и океанографии Министер ...
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Biography ''Polarpost''
1858 births
1913 deaths
People from Borisovsky Uyezd
Belarusian nobility
Russian explorers
Explorers from the Russian Empire
Explorers of the Arctic
Explorers of Siberia
Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class
Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 3rd class
Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 1st class
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