
Andrey Ippolitovich Vilkitsky (; – ) 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 ...
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. These points are usually on the ...
.
He was born in the
Minsk Governorate
Minsk Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Minsk. It was created from the land acquired in the partitions of Poland and existed from 1793 until 1921. Its territory covered th ...
. His son,
Boris Vilkitsky
Boris Andreyevich Vilkitsky () (22 March (3 April N.S.) 1885, Pulkovo – 6 March 1961) was a Russian hydrographer and surveyor. He was the son of Andrey Ippolitovich Vilkitsky.
Career
Born in Pulkovo, Tsarskoselsky Uyezd (now part of Saint ...
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, is Russia's hydrographic office, with responsibility to facilitate navigation, performing ...
References
External links
Biography ''Polarpost''
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1858 births
1913 deaths
People from Borisovsky Uyezd
19th-century nobility from the Russian Empire
19th-century explorers from the Russian Empire
20th-century Russian explorers
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