Miller Island (Antarctica)
| Miller Island | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Archipelago | Wauwermans Islands in the Wilhelm Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 54 ′ S , 63 ° 58 ′ W | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
Miller Island is an island in the Wilhelm Archipelago off the west coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . In the group of the Wauwermans Islands , it is 1.5 km northeast of Knight Island .
First recorded, but not yet named, it is on an Argentine map from 1950. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1958 after a character from the Canterbury Tales by the 14th century English writer Geoffrey Chaucer .
Web links
- Miller Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Miller Island on geographic.org (English)