Island in Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica
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 Argentinian 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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This article incorporates public domain material from "Knight Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.