Arms of the British Antarctic Territory

Buchanan Passage

(Hanusse Bay)

British Antarctic Territory

Location: 66° 46' 47" S 67° 38' 40" W
in Hanusse Bay, between Adelaide Island and Liard Island, Loubet Coast, was photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in 1947-48; named after Capt. Peter William (later Vice-Adm. Sir Peter) Buchanan, RN (b.1925), commanding HMS Endurance, 1968-70, who showed that the passage can be used to approach Marguerite Bay from the N through The Gullet.