Kunghit Island is an

island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...

in the

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of British Columbia. It is the southernmost island in the

Haida Gwaii Haida Gwaii (; hai, X̱aaydag̱a Gwaay.yaay / , literally "Islands of the Haida people") is an archipelago located between off the northern Pacific coast of Canada. The islands are separated from the mainland to the east by the shallow Heca ...

archipelago, located to the south of

Moresby Island Moresby Island ( hai, Gwaii Haanas) is a large island () that forms part of the Haida Gwaii archipelago (formerly known as Queen Charlotte Islands) in British Columbia, Canada, located at . It is separated by the narrow Skidegate Channel from ...

. The southernmost point of Kunghit Island, called Cape St James, is used to delineate the boundary between

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and Queen Charlotte Sound. The only habitation on Kunghit Island is Rose Harbour, on its north shore. Kunghit Island is long and ranges in width from . It is in area. Houston Stewart Channel separates Kunghit and Moresby Islands.Kunghit Island
, The Columbia Gazetteer of North America

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* Islands of Haida Gwaii Haida North Coast Regional District {{BritishColumbiaCoast-geo-stub

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