Vladimir V. Kavrayskiy

Vladimir Vladimirovich Kavrayskiy (Russian: Владимир Владимирович Каврайский; 1884–1954) was a Soviet geodesist and cartographer.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Kavrayskiy
Born(1884-04-22)22 April 1884
Zherebyatnikovo, Simbirsk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died26 April 1954(1954-04-26) (aged 70)
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
CitizenshipSoviet
Scientific career
FieldsGeodesy, astronomy, cartography

Scientific research

In 1939, Vladimir V. Kavrayskiy invented the Kavrayskiy VII projection.[1]

Kavrayskiy produced a lifetime of scientific works devoted to the solution of navigation problems.

Namesakes

Kavrayskiy Hills in the Antarctic are named after him.

A Dobrynya Nikitich class oceanographic research ship has been named after him.[2]

See also

References
  1. Snyder, John P. (1993). Flattening the Earth: Two Thousand Years of Map Projections. p. 201. ISBN 0-226-76747-7.
  2. Norman Polmar; United States Naval Institute (October 1991). The Naval Institute guide to the Soviet Navy. Naval Institute Press. p. 294. ISBN 978-0-87021-241-3.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.