Kunghit Island is an island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is the southermost island in the Queen Charlotte Islands archipelago, located to the south of Moresby Island. The southermost point of Kunghit Island, called Cape St James, is used to delineated the boundary between Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound.[1]
Kunghit Island is 24 kilometres (15 mi) long and ranged in width from 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) in width. It is 215 square kilometres (83 sq mi) in area. Houston Stewart Channel separates Kunghit and Moresby Islands.[2]
References
- ^ Queen Charlotte Sound in the BC Geographical Names Information System
- ^ Kunghit Island, The Columbia Gazetteer of North America
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Coordinates: 52°6′N 131°5′W / 52.1°N 131.083°W
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