Crosse Passage

Coordinates: 67°47′S 68°55′W / 67.783°S 68.917°W / -67.783; -68.917
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Crosse Passage (67°47′S 68°55′W / 67.783°S 68.917°W / -67.783; -68.917) is a small passage leading southeast from

Skeen Rocks, off the south end of Adelaide Island. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1963 for Lieutenant Commander Anthony G. Crosse, Royal Navy, First Lieutenant of HMS Protector
which was used by the Hydrographic Survey Unit in charting this area in 1961–63.

References

  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Crosse Passage". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.