Moresby Island

Moresby Island (Haida: Gwaii Haanas) is a large island (3,399.39 km² or 1,312.51 sq mi) that forms part of the Haida Gwaii archipelago (formerly known as Queen Charlotte Islands) in British Columbia, Canada, located at 52°45′00″N 131°50′00″W.[1]

Moresby

Gwaii Haanas  (Haida)
Haida Gwaii. Moresby Island is the large southern island. Alaska lies north
Moresby Moresby Island (British Columbia, Canada)
Geography
Location	Pacific Ocean
Coordinates	52.75°N 131.8333°W / 52.75; -131.8333
Archipelago	Haida Gwaii
Area	3,399.39 km2 (1,312.51 sq mi)
Administration
Canada
Province	British Columbia
Regional District Electoral Area	North Coast Regional District Electoral Area E
Electoral Area Director	Evan Putterill
Largest settlement	Sandspit
Demographics
Population	402 (2006)
Pop. density	0.18/km2 (0.47/sq mi)

Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site includes Moresby and other islands. The island, together with numerous nearby smaller islands and islets in the southern archipelago, is defined by Statistics Canada as Skeena-Queen Charlotte E (Now North Coast Regional District Area E), with a population of 402 as of the 2006 census. Almost all of its population resided in the unincorporated community of Sandspit, on the northeast corner of Moresby. The total land area of the electoral area is 3,399.39 km² (1,312.51 sq mi).

Tasu Mountain View

Moresby Island is the 175th largest island in the world, and the 32nd largest island in Canada.

On October 27, 2012, an earthquake of magnitude 7.7 (the strongest earthquake in Canada since the 1949 Queen Charlotte Islands earthquake) was epicentred at a depth of 17.5 kilometres (10.9 miles) under the island.[2]