Hydrographers Passage

{{Short description|Deep-water shipping channel}}

Hydrographers Passage is a deep-water shipping channel through the Great Barrier Reef, that reduced the previous route by 250 miles.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/TMRQld/posts/1064102480299301 |title=Vale Commander James Bond RAN Retd. It... - Department of Transport and Main Roads (Queensland) |publisher=Facebook |date=2016-04-11 |accessdate=2016-05-26}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/05/22/commander-james-bond--obituary/ |title=Commander James Bond – obituary |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk |date=2016-05-22 |accessdate=2016-05-26}}

It was discovered by James Bond, commander of the Royal Australian Navy survey ship HMAS Flinders in 1981.