Explorer Graves & Memorials

Meriwether Lewis

1774–1809 (age 35)

Pioneer Cemetery

Meriwether Lewis was an Albemarle County native and explorer who lived from 1774 to 1809.

Joseph Nicollet

1786–1843 (age 57)

Congressional Cemetery

Joseph Nicollet was a French-American mathematician, astronomer, and explorer known for his surveys of the American fron...

Patrick Gass

1771–1870 (age 99)

Brooke Cemetery

Patrick Gass was a Philadelphia resident and Lewis and Clark Expedition member who lived from 1771 to 1870.

Isaac Israel Hayes

1832–1881 (age 49)

Oakland Friends Cemetery

Isaac Israel Hayes was an American Arctic explorer and physician known for his polar expeditions.

William Henry Gilder

1838–1900 (age 62)

Bordentown Cemetery

William Henry Gilder (1838-1900) was a Philadelphia-born explorer and Arctic adventurer.

John Wesley Hillman

1832–1915 (age 83)

Baton Rouge

Albany-born explorer and geographer credited with the discovery of Crater Lake in Oregon.

Arthur Marvin

1859–1911 (age 52)

Calvary Cemetery

Arthur Marvin (1859-1911) was an American explorer and Arctic adventurer from Warners.

Robert Peary

1856–1920 (age 64)

Arlington National Cemetery

American Arctic explorer who led expeditions to the North Pole and claimed to be the first to reach it in 1909.

Gordon C. Bettles

1859–1945 (age 86)

Acacia Memorial Park and Funeral Home

Gordon C. Bettles (1859-1945) was an American explorer and businessman.

Matthew Henson

1866–1955 (age 89)

Arlington National Cemetery

Matthew Henson was an African American explorer and member of Robert Peary's expedition to the North Pole in 1909.

Mary Jobe Akeley

1878–1966 (age 88)

Patterson Union Cemetery

Mary Jobe Akeley was an American explorer, naturalist, and filmmaker known for her expeditions and wildlife documentatio...

Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh

1853–1935 (age 82)

Fantinekill Cemetery

Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh (1853–1935) was an American explorer, topographer, and writer noted for his Colorado Rive...

Roald Amundsen

1872–1928 (age 56)

Barents Sea

Roald Amundsen was a Norwegian polar explorer born in 1872 who disappeared in 1928 during a rescue mission and is presum...

Georg Carl Amdrup

1866–1947 (age 81)

Holmen Cemetery

Georg Carl Amdrup was a Danish person from Copenhagen who lived from 1866 to 1947 and was buried at Holmen Cemetery.

Ernest Shackleton

1873–1922 (age 49)

Grytviken Cemetery

Ernest Shackleton was a renowned British polar explorer who led multiple Antarctic expeditions, most famously the Endura...

Robert Du Bourg de Bozas

1871–1902 (age 31)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Robert Du Bourg de Bozas (1871-1902) was a French explorer from Vichy who died young at age 31.