Crosse Passage () is a small passage leading southeast from

Adelaide Anchorage Adelaide Anchorage () is an area of safe anchorage lying west of Avian Island, off the south end of Adelaide Island. It is the anchorage normally used by ships visiting Adelaide research station. Charted by members of the RRS ''John Biscoe'' an ...

between the Henkes Islands and the

Skeen Rocks Avian Island is an island, long and high, lying close off the south tip of Adelaide Island, Antarctica. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and visited in 1948 by the Falkland Isla ...

, off the south end 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 moun ...

. It was named by the

UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and ...

in 1963 for Lieutenant Commander

Anthony G. Crosse Anthony or Antony is a masculine given name, derived from the '' Antonii'', a ''gens'' ( Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton ...

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by Kingdom of England, English and Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were foug ...

First Lieutenant First lieutenant is a commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces; in some forces, it is an appointment. The rank of lieutenant has different meanings in different military formations, but in most forces it is sub-divided into a ...

of HMS ''Protector'' which was used by the Hydrographic Survey Unit in charting this area in 1961–63.

References

* Straits of Adelaide Island {{AdelaideIsland-geo-stub