hydrographer
Noun
Meaning
One skilled in the hydrography; one who surveys, or draws maps or charts of, the sea, lakes, or other waters, with the adjacent shores; one who describes the sea or other waters.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
naiad
cartographer
geographer
oceanographer
geodesist
land surveyor
hydrograph
geoscientist
geomorphologist
hydrographist
geodetician
geodetic analyst
geodetic engineer
mapping technician
geomatics technician
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Examples
In 1819 the island of Funafuti was named Ellice's Island; the name Ellice was applied to all nine islands after the work of English hydrographer Alexander George Findlay (1812–1876).
Captain Daniel Ross was a well known hydrographer of the Navy of Government of English Bengal and founder of the Bombay Geographical Society.