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Knight Island

Coordinates: 64°55′S 64°1′W / 64.917°S 64.017°W / -64.917; -64.017
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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; -64.017) 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]

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References

  1. ^ "Knight Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-05-10.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Knight Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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