Johnston Passage
Johnston Passage is a channel in Antarctica, running north–south and separating the Amiot Islands from the southwestern part of Adelaide Island. 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 in charting this area in 1963.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Johnston Passage
- Type: Channel
- Also known as: “Johnston”
- Categories: channel and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Johnston Passage” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Johnston (agianan)”
- Cebuano: “Johnston”
- Chinese: “約翰斯頓海峽”
- German: “Johnston-Passage”
- Hebrew: “מעבר ג’ונסטון”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Johnston Passage”
- Spanish: “Johnston, pasaje”
- Swedish: “Johnston (strömfåra)”
- Swedish: “Johnston Passage”
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