Baffin Island

E50997

island landform

Baffin Island is the largest island in Canada and the fifth-largest in the world, located in the Arctic Archipelago of Nunavut and known for its rugged, glaciated landscape and Inuit communities.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	island → landform →
administrativeTerritory	Nunavut →
area	195928 square miles → 507451 square kilometres →
capitalOfTerritoryLocatedOn	Iqaluit →
climate	polar climate →
coastlineOn	Baffin Bay → Davis Strait → Foxe Basin → Hudson Strait →
continent	North America →
country	Canada →
countrySubdivisionType	territory →
hasEconomicActivity	fishing → mineral exploration → subsistence hunting → tourism →
highestElevation	2147 metres → 7044 feet →
highestPoint	Mount Odin →
indigenousPeople	Inuit →
knownFor	Arctic wildlife → Inuit communities → fjords → glaciated terrain → rugged landscape →
largestSettlement	Iqaluit →
locatedIn	Arctic Archipelago → Canadian Arctic → Nunavut →
namedAfter	William Baffin →
notableWildlife	Arctic fox → caribou → polar bear → ringed seal →
ocean	Arctic Ocean →
partOf	Qikiqtaaluk Region →
population	approximately 13000 →
populationAsOf	2021 →
primaryIndigenousLanguage	Inuktitut →
protectedAreaOnIsland	Auyuittuq National Park → Sirmilik National Park →
rankByAreaInCanadaIslands	1 →
rankByAreaInWorldIslands	5 →
separatedFromGreenlandBy	Baffin Bay → Davis Strait →
separatedFromLabradorBy	Hudson Strait →
timeZone	Atlantic Time Zone → Eastern Time Zone →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Baffin Bay → Hudson Strait →	borders
Greenlandic Norse → Martin Frobisher →	explored
Davis Strait →	borderedBy
Nunavut →	hasIsland
Arctic Archipelago →	hasLargestIsland
Devon Island →	locatedNorthOf
Iqaluit →	locatedOn
William Baffin →	nameGivenTo
Lancaster Sound →	northOf
Davis Strait →	separates