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    Boris Andreyevich Vilkitsky (Russian: Бори́с Андре́евич Вильки́цкий) (22 March (3 April N.S.) 1885, Pulkovo – 6 March 1961) was a Russian hydrographer...
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  • Vilkitsky may refer to any of the following: People Andrey Vilkitsky (1858–1913), a Russian Arctic explorer Boris Vilkitsky (1885–1961), a Russian Arctic...
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    hydrographic expedition led by Boris Vilkitsky and then named after him in 1918. The Geiberg Islands cover the entrance to the Vilkitsky Strait from the east,...
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    The expedition, privately financed, was launched in 1910 and led by Boris Vilkitsky on behalf of the Russian Hydrographic Service. This venture accomplished...
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    the south on loose ice floes. Vilkitsky Island (East Siberian Sea) and Zhokhov Island were discovered by Boris Vilkitsky during the Imperial Russian Arctic...
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    desert scattered with mosses and lichens. The island was discovered by Boris Vilkitsky in 1913, but it was not proven to be an island until 1931, when Georgy...
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  • Tryoshnikov Avgust Tsivolko Nikolay Urvantsev Georgy Ushakov Merkury Vagin Boris Vilkitsky Vladimir Vize Lawrence Wager Paul Walker Carl Frederick Wandel Gino...
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    in Rhuddanian, Lower Silurian period. The island was discovered by Boris Vilkitsky in 1913 during an expedition on behalf of the Russian Hydrographic...
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    coast of what was named Emperor Nicholas II Land, was discovered by Boris Vilkitsky at the time of the 1913 Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition. Its insularity...
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    was born in the Minsk Governorate. His son, Boris Vilkitsky followed up his father's work; the Vilkitsky Islands are named after him. Russian Hydrographic...
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