Citizenship Soviet | Name Vladimir Kavrayskiy | |
Born 22 April 1884
Zherebyatnikovo, Simbirsk Governorate, Russian Empire ( 1884-04-22 ) Died 26 April 1954(1954-04-26) (aged 70)
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union Fields Geodesy, astronomy, cartography | ||
Vladimir Vladimirovich Kavrayskiy (Russian: Vladimir Vladimirovich Kavraiskii; 1884–1954) was a Soviet geodesist and cartographer.
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Scientific research
In 1939, Vladimir V. Kavrayskiy invented the Kavrayskiy VII projection.
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.
References
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