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Baffin Island

Baffin Island is one of the Arctic Islands in the north of Canada in the territory of Nunavut. It is the largest island in Canada and one of the largest islands of the world. To be exact, its rank is either fifth or sixth, depending on whether you count Australia.

Iqaluit, formerly Frobisher Bay, the capital of Nunavut, is located on the southern coast, on the geographical feature for which it was named.

To the south lies Hudson Strait and Quebec on the mainland. To the east are Davis Strait and Baffin Bay and beyond them is Greenland. On the West and North, Foxe Basin, the Gulf of Boothia and Lancaster Sound separate Baffin Island from the rest of the archipelago.

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