Alfred Merz
Alfred Merz was an Austrian geographer, oceanographer and director of the Institute of Marine Science in Berlin. He died of pneumonia in Buenos Aires while on an expedition to survey the South Atlantic and is buried in Perchtoldsdorf. Merz Peninsula is named after him.
Literary works
Hydrographische Untersuchungen im Golf von Triest, 1911Die Oberflächentemperatur der Gewässer, 1920Die atlantische Vertikalzirkulation, 1922-1933Other readings
- Writings about exploration with the German research vessel Meteor, completed by Albert Josef Maria Defant