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    Knight Island

    64°55′S 64°01′W

    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.

    64°55′S 64°01′W

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    Knight Island (64°55′S 64°1′W) 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.

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Wauwermans Islands

    Also in Wilhelm Archipelago

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    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia