Kuiu Island
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Alexander Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 56 ° 37 ′ N , 134 ° 1 ′ W | |
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| length | 105 km | |
| width | 37 km | |
| surface | 1 936 km² | |
| Residents | 10 (2000) <1 inh / km² |
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Kuiu Island is an island in southeast Alaska ( Panhandle ) of the Alexander Archipelago in the Pacific Ocean . The island is about 1936 km² in size, 105 km long and at its widest point about 37 km wide. The island is separated from Chichagof Island , Baranof Island and Admiralty Island by the Chatham Strait .
At the southern tip of the island is the Cape Decision lighthouse .
The entire island is part of the Tongass National Forest .