Baffin Island


noun
  1. a Canadian island in the Arctic Ocean, between Greenland and N Canada. About 1,000 miles (1,600 km) long; 190,000 sq. mi. (492,000 sq. km).

  • Also called Baffin Land .

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How to use Baffin Island in a sentence

  • Notes on the mammals of south and central west Baffin Island.

    American Weasels | E. Raymond Hall
  • They crossed on sleds to Baffin Island and in homemade boats to Greenland.

British Dictionary definitions for Baffin Island

Baffin Island

noun
  1. the largest island of the Canadian Arctic, between Greenland and Hudson Bay. Area: 476 560 sq km (184 000 sq miles)

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