Andrey Petrovich Kapitsa was a Soviet and Russian geographer and Antarctic explorer, discoverer of Lake Vostok, the largest subglacial lake in Antarctica. He was a member of the Kapitsa family, a scientific dynasty in Russia.
- Occupation
- geographer, geologist, geomorphologist, glaciologist
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom, Soviet Union, Russia
- Born
- July 9, 1931
- Died
- August 2, 2011
