Mikhail Somov

Mikhail Mikhailovich Somov (Russian: Михаил Михайлович Сомов; 7 April [O.S.

25 March] 1908, in Moscow – 30 December 1973, in Leningrad) was a Soviet oceanologist, polar explorer, Doctor of Geographical Sciences (1954).

Mikhail Somov was also the first Soviet delegate to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research.

[2] The Somov Sea north of Victoria Land and a glacier in Queen Maud Land (both East Antarctica) bear Mikhail Somov's name, as well as a scientific icebreaker.

A minor planet 3334 Somov discovered by Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos in 1981 is named after him.