Kyunthaya Island

Kyunthaya is an island off the coast of Arakan, among the islands and channels of the eastern Bay of Bengal. It appears in the final days of the kingdom of Mrauk U. After Burmese forces took the capital in 1785, its last king, Maha Thammada, fled with his family and followers to Kyunthaya in a flotilla of boats. He was captured there and taken away, bringing the independent kingdom to an end.