Knight Island is an island in western

Prince William Sound Prince William Sound ( Sugpiaq: ''Suungaaciq'') is a sound off the Gulf of Alaska on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located on the east side of the Kenai Peninsula. Its largest port is Valdez, at the southern terminus of the ...

of the

Gulf of Alaska The Gulf of Alaska ( Tlingit: ''Yéil T'ooch’'') is an arm of the Pacific Ocean defined by the curve of the southern coast of Alaska, stretching from the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island in the west to the Alexander Archipelago in the ...

in the U.S. state of

Alaska Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the north ...

. The island has a land area of 277.166 km² (107.014 sq mi) and no resident population as of 2000. The majority of the island is a part of

Chugach National Forest The Chugach National Forest is a United States National Forest in south central Alaska. Covering portions of Prince William Sound, the Kenai Peninsula and the Copper River (Alaska), Copper River Delta, it was formed in 1907 from part of a larger ...

; Alaska native corporations

Chugach Alaska Corporation Chugach Alaska Corporation, or CAC, is one of thirteen Alaska Native Regional Corporations created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA) in settlement of aboriginal land claims. Chugach Alaska Corporation was incorporated ...

and

Chenega Corporation Chenega may refer to: Places in the United States *Chenega, Alaska, a community *Chenega Bay, Alaska, a community *Chenega Glacier, a glacier on Prince William Sound *Chenega Island Chenega Island is an island in Prince William Sound in the U.S. s ...

are the two other major landowners. Shorelines on the eastern and northwestern part of the island were heavily covered in oil after the ''Exxon Valdez'' oil spill, northeast of the island, in 1989.

References

Islands of Alaska Islands of Chugach Census Area, Alaska Islands of Unorganized Borough, Alaska {{ChugachAK-geo-stub