Platon Yakovlevich Gamaleya
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Platon Yakovlevich Gamaleya
Platon Yakovlevich Gamaleya (1766–1817; Ukrainian: Плато́н Я́кович Гамалі́я) was a Russian Empire naval officer and navigation scientist of Ukrainian origin. Gamaleya Rock, a rock formation in Antarctica, is named after him.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Gamaleya Rock". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
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Media related to Platon Yakovlevich Gamaleja at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Ukrainian people in the Russian Empire
- 1766 births
- 1817 deaths
- Imperial Russian Navy personnel
- Ukrainian people stubs
- Russian people stubs