Johnston Passage is a channel in Antarctica, running north–south and separating the
Amiot Islands from the southwestern part of
Adelaide Island
Adelaide Island is a large, mainly ice-covered island, long and wide, lying at the north side of Marguerite Bay off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The Ginger Islands lie off the southern end. Mount Bodys is the easternmost mount ...
. It was named by the
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Captain
William Johnston, from 1956 to 1962 Master of
RRS ''John Biscoe'', the ship which assisted the
Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit
Royal may refer to:
People
* Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name
* A member of a royal family
Places United States
* Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
* Royal, Illinois, a village
* Royal, Iowa, a cit ...
in charting this area in 1963.
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References
Channels of the Southern Ocean
Straits of Adelaide Island
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