Baffin Island
Baffin Island (French: [Île de Baffin] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is an island in the territory of Nunavut near the Arctic Circle. It is the largest member of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. It is the largest island in Canada and the fifth largest island in the world, with an area of 507,451 km² (195,928 sq mi). It has a population of around 13,000 people as of the year 2021. It is named after the British explorer William Baffin. The island was known to the Norse as Helluland.
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Topography of Baffin Island
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Coast of the Remote Peninsula in Kangiqtualuk Uqquqti (Sam Ford Fjord), northeast Baffin Island
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Southern tip of Baffin Island
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Mount Thor, a large cliff on Baffin Island
Map of Thule expansion in Canada and Greenland
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Plane buzzes Pangnirtung.
Sea ice off Baffin Island
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A Baffin Island red fox
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Satellite image of Baffin Island
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An ice-covered fjord on Baffin Island, with Davis Strait in the background
