Paul-Louis Mercanton
Mercanton in 1919
Born	(1876-05-11)11 May 1876 Lausanne, Switzerland
Died	25 February 1963(1963-02-25) (aged 86) Lausanne, Switzerland
Alma mater	University of Lausanne
Occupation(s)	Glaciologist, meteorologist
Employer	Central Meteorological Institute

Paul-Louis Mercanton (11 May 1876 – 25 February 1963) was a Swiss glaciologist, meteorologist and Arctic explorer.

Mercanton was born in Lausanne on 11 May 1876, a son of Eugène Mercanton and Félicie Marie Lavanchy. He married Alice Marguerite Colomb in 1907.^[1]

Mercanton was a member of expeditions to Spitsbergen (1910), Greenland (1912–1913) and Jan Mayen (1921 and 1929). In 1921 he was part of a team which successfully climbed the Beerenberg volcano on Jan Mayen island for the first time. Mercantonfjellet, a mountainous area on Svalbard, is named after him.^[2]

He died in Lausanne on 25 February 1963.^[1]

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