Knight Island

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Not to be confused with Knight Island (Alaska) or Knight Island (California).

Knight Island (

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64°55′S 64°1′W / 64.917°S 64.017°W / -64.917; -64.017Coordinates: 64°55′S 64°1′W / 64.917°S 64.017°W / -64.917; -64.017) is an island 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) long, lying 1 nautical mile (2 km) west of Reeve Island in the Wauwermans Islands, in the Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica. The island was shown on an Argentine government chart of 1950. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1958 after The Knight, one of the characters in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.[1]

See also[]

  • List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References[]

  1. ^ "Knight Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-05-10.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Knight Island". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)


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