Knight Island

For the Knight Island in Alaska, see Knight Island (Alaska).

Knight Island (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

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

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