# Xavier Mertz

> Xavier Guillaume Mertz was a Swiss polar explorer, mountaineer, and skier who took part in the Far Eastern Party, a 1912–1913 component of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, on which he died. Mertz Glacier on the George V Coast in East Antarctica is named after him.

*Antarctic explorer, mountaineer and skier (1882-1913)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** Switzerland
- **Born:** 1882-10-06
- **Died:** 1913-01-08
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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