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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 1956–62
Master
of
RRS
John Biscoe
, the
ship
which assisted the
Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit
in
charting
this
area
in
1963
.