Van de Water

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Van de Water is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the water".[1] Variants are Van de Waeter, Van der Water and Van der Wateren. People with this name include:

See also[edit]

  • Van De Water Glacier, part of the near-extinct Carstensz Glacier in New Guinea, named after Abraham van de Water (1879–1938), who in 1913 was the first European to reach this "eternal" snow[2][3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Water, van de / der at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
  2. ^ Ballard, Chris, Steven Vink and Anton Ploeg, Race to the Snow; Photography and the Exploration of Dutch New Guinea, 1907-1936. Amsterdam: KIT Publishers, 2001.
  3. ^ A. van de Water (1879 - 1938)