Bloor Passage

Bloor Passage (65°14′S 64°15′W / 65.233°S 64.250°W / -65.233; -64.250Coordinates: 65°14′S 64°15′W / 65.233°S 64.250°W / -65.233; -64.250) is a passage leading northward from Meek Channel between Corner Island and Uruguay Island, in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1959 for Able Seaman Vincent T. Bloor, Royal Navy, a member of the British Naval Hydrographic Survey Unit in the area in 1957–58.

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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Bloor Passage" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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