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Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), [5] in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada, the second-largest island in the Americas (behind ...
The Baffin Mountains are a mountain range running along the northeastern coast of Baffin Island and Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada. The ice-capped mountains are part of the Arctic Cordillera and have some of the highest peaks of eastern North America , reaching a height of 1,525–2,146 metres (5,003–7,041 ft) above sea level . [ 1 ]
Qikiqtaaluk is the traditional Inuktitut name for Baffin Island. [2] Although the Qikiqtaaluk Region is the most commonly used name in official contexts, several notable public organizations, including Statistics Canada prior to the 2021 Canadian census, [3] use the older term Baffin Region.
Auyuittuq National Park is located on the Cumberland Peninsula of Baffin Island in Nunavut.The park is located within the Arctic Circle.The park covers 21,470 square kilometres (8,290 sq mi) [3] [note 1] and is located partially within the Penny Highlands and contains the 6,000 km 2 (2,300 sq mi) Penny Ice Cap.
People, places, and events associated with Baffin Island, one of the islands of Nunavut in the Arctic Ocean Wikimedia Commons has media related to Baffin Island . Subcategories
Mount Thor, officially gazetted as Thor Peak [2] (Inuktitut syllabics: ᙯᕐᓱᐊᓗᒃ, Inuktitut: Qaisualuk "huge bedrock", [3] [4] or Kigutinnguaq "tooth-like" [3] [5]), in Nunavut, Canada, is a mountain with an elevation of 1,675 m (5,495 ft) located in Auyuittuq National Park, on Baffin Island.
Frobisher Bay is an inlet of the Davis Strait in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.It is located in the southeastern corner of Baffin Island.Its length is about 230 km (140 mi) and its width varies from about 40 km (25 mi) at its outlet into the Davis Strait to roughly 20 km (12 mi) towards its inner end.
Baffin Island, an Arctic island of Nunavut; Baffin Bay, a sea between the Atlantic and Arctic oceans; Baffin Mountains, a mountain range running along the northeastern coast of Baffin Island; Baffin Region, a region of the Northwest Territories prior to division; Baffin Bay (Texas), a bay in South Texas, an inlet of the larger Laguna Madre