Shirshov Institute of Oceanology

Main building of SIO RAS in Moscow

The Shirshov Institute of Oceanology (P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology (SIO) RAS, Russian: Институт океанологии им. П. П. Ширшова РАН) in Moscow, is the largest institute for ocean and earth science research in Russia, established in 1946. It is part of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Fleet

• RV Akademik Ioffe (ru:Академик Иоффе (судно))
• RV Akademik Sergey Vavilov
• RV Akademik Mstislav Keldysh
• RV Professor Shtokman (ru:Профессор Штокман (судно))
• RV Rift
• RV Akvanaft
• MIR (submersible)

• RV Vityaz (ru:Витязь (судно)) - not active since 1979; now a museum in Kaliningrad.

See also

• List of Russian oceanographers

External links

• Official website

Coordinates: 55°40′37″N 37°34′08″E / 55.67694°N 37.56889°E / 55.67694; 37.56889