Baffin Island facts for kids

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Baffin Island (French: Île de Baffin) is an island in the territory of Nunavut. 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 11,000 people as of the year 2007. It is named after the British explorer William Baffin. The island was known to the Norse as Helluland.

Images for kids

  • Baffin topo

    Topography of Baffin Island

  • Baffin Island Northeast Coast 1997-08-07

    Coast of the Remote Peninsula in Sam Ford Fjord, northeast Baffin Island.

  • Baffin Island

    Southern tip of Baffin Island.

  • Mount Thor

    Mount Thor, a large cliff on Baffin Island

  • Plane buzzes Pangnirtung

    Pangnirtung

  • Curious as a Fox

    A Baffin Island red fox

  • Wfm baffin island

    Satellite image of Baffin Island.

  • Baffinisland pho 2013102 lrg

    An ice-covered fjord on Baffin Island, with Davis Strait in the background.

  • Sea Ice off Baffin Island

    Sea ice off Baffin Island.


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