K Island

A K-shaped tropical island with river cuts, flanking islets, and a name that started as a joke on a chart.

Folklore

Vernon found it. The same Vernon the snow map is named after — a famous pirate who would rather name a coast than share it. His sailing master inked the outline and swore the land spelled a letter. Vernon laughed, then kept the name because a letter is easy to shout across a deck when the fog comes down. Port Vernon sits on the upright stroke. The two arms are still argued over: which is north, which is south, and who first ran a boat between them.

How to play it

Hold the upright bar and you can see both arms. The gaps between the strokes are navy roads. Islets off the arms are good for a sneak port. Inland water is a cut, not a wall — batteries on one arm can still reach a fool who parks on the other.