Signal verified · updated 2026-09-03
Baffin Island
Canada's largest island and the world's fifth-largest; Arctic wilderness of fjords and ice caps, home to Iqaluit, capital of Nunavut.
- Formation
- Precambrian shield; Baffin Mountains (Arctic Cordillera) along the east coast, fjords and ice caps
- Population
- 13,039
- Water
- Arctic Ocean
- Access
- difficult
Every required movement
The passage
to Baffin Island.
Fly to Iqaluit (YFB) from Ottawa or Montreal with Canadian North; onward flights to Pangnirtung (YXP) and other hamlets. No roads connect communities.
- 01Iqaluit Airport (YFB)
Nearest recorded air access
Schedule or condition may change · verify - 02Water crossing
Annual sealift resupply; expedition cruise ships in summer; no passenger ferry service.
Schedule or condition may change · verify - 03Entry check
Canada entry rules; park permits/fees for Auyuittuq National Park.
Schedule or condition may change · verify
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Fifth-largest island in the world and second-largest in the Americas. Dominated by the Baffin Mountains and vast tundra; its communities are overwhelmingly Inuit and the island is the political and cultural heart of Nunavut.
Inhabited for millennia by Dorset and Thule (ancestral Inuit) cultures; visited by Frobisher (1576) and Baffin (1616); whaling era; transferred to Canada 1880; part of Nunavut since 1999.
Field ledger
The useful
details.
- Coordinates
- 68.00° N · 70.00° W
- Sovereignty
- Canada · part of country
- Nearest mainland
- Quebec mainland across Hudson Strait (~300 km south)
- Best recorded window
- July–August (hiking, fjords); March–April (ski touring, aurora).
- Permits / entry
- Canada entry rules; park permits/fees for Auyuittuq National Park.
- Languages
- Inuktitut, English, French
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