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Crosse Passage (67°47′S 68°55′W / 67.783°S 68.917°W) is a small passage leading southeast from Adelaide Anchorage between Henkes Islands and Skeen Rocks, off the south end of Adelaide Island. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1963 for Lieutenant Commander Anthony G. Crosse, Royal Navy, First Lieutenant of HMS Protector used by the Hydrographic Survey Unit in charting this area in 1961-63.
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