Shileyko Evgeniy Ivanovich 
(1866–1902?)

Russian hydrograph, astronomer, surveyor. 
Born and raised in Dorpat (Tartu), he graduated with honors from the Naval Cadet Corps in 1887 and served more than three years in the Pacific Ocean on the cruiser Admiral Nakhimov. 
In 1892 E.V. Toll invited Shileiko to participate in the expedition to the north of Yakutia. In March 1893 they, accompanied by a Cossack and three Evens, left Yakutsk at the mouth of the Yana. The tasks of Shileiko included astronomical, magnetic, meteorological observations and topographical survey. The main task of the expedition, the delivery of the mammoth discovered by local residents in the area of the Holy Nose to St. Petersburg, turned out to be unfeasible. Travelers on dogs went to the New Siberian Islands, where they laid three food depots for the started F. Nansen expedition on the "Fram". Having solved this problem in May, Toll and Shileiko traveled south on different routes on deer, boats and on foot. They explored a vast area from the Cape Holy Nose to the mouth of the Anabar. Shileiko filmed the Anabar Bay and the flow of the Anabar to the mouth of the Uji and the border of the forests. Shooting was based on five astronomical sites. Having traveled a total of 25 thousand miles, travelers met in November in Khatanga. For the first time, the ranges of Pronchishchev and Chekanovsky appeared on the map, valuable materials on meteorology, zoology, botany, and ethnography were collected. For this expedition, Shileiko, like Toll, was awarded the Imperial Russian Geographical Society with the Great Silver Medal named after N.M. Przewalski. 
On this Arctic activity Shileiko ended. When the processing of materials began, he already commanded a company on the "Plastun" cruiser, and then acted as navigator on the "Sysaya Great" battleship, sailed on the "Slavyanka" steamer and the "Sokol" destroyer. 
The island is among the islands of Litke in the north of the Nordensheld archipelago in the Kara Sea. Named in 1901 by E.V. Toll. 
Cape on the western coast of the island Kotel'niy archipelago Novosibirsk Islands. Named in 1893 by E.V. Toll.