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]

Platon Yakovlevich Gamaleya

References
  1. "Gamaleya Rock". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2020-10-18.


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