Knight Island

Knight Island is an islet in Washington, Maine. Knight Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Sealand.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mistake Island and Moose Peak Light.

Mistake Island

Islet

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Mistake Island is an island in Washington County, in the U.S. state of Maine. The island contains little vegetation. Mistake Island has been noted for its unusual place name. Moose Peak Light stands high atop Mistake Island.

Moose Peak Light

Building

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Moose Peak Light is a lighthouse on Mistake Island, just east of Great Wass Island, Maine at the southern entrance to Eastern Bay and five nautical miles southeast of Jonesport.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beals and Jonesport.

Beals is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States, located on an island opposite Jonesport. The town was named after Manwarren Beal, an early settler. The population was 443 at the 2020 census. Beals is situated 4½ miles northwest of Knight Island.

Jonesport

Photo: carabou, CC BY 2.0.

Jonesport is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,245 at the 2020 census. Jonesport is a fishing and lobstering town. It contains the villages or hamlets of Jonesport, Mason Bay, Monsapec, and West Jonesport.

Knight Island

Type: Islet
Description: island in Washington County, Maine, United States of America
Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Washington, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.47862° or 44° 28′ 43″ north

Longitude

-67.53891° or 67° 32′ 20″ west

Elevation

16 feet (5 metres)

Open location code

87PJFFH6+CC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 220250841

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

4968960

Wikidata ID

Q49646366

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Satellite Map

Discover Knight Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

“Knight Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Knight Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Maine)”
Cebuano: “Knight Island”

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Localities in the Area

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