Baffin Island, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada, the second largest island in the Americas, and the fifth-largest island in the world. Its area is 507,451 km2 (195,928 sq mi) with a population density of 0.03/km2; the population was 13,039 according to the 2021 Canadian census; and it is located at 68°N 70°W. It also contains the city of Iqaluit, which is the capital of Nunavut.
Coast of the Remote Peninsula in Sam Ford Fjord, northeast Baffin Island
Southern tip of Baffin Island.
Mount Thor, a large cliff on Baffin Island
Pangnirtung
Nunavut is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, which provided this territory to the Inuit for independent government. The boundaries had been drawn in 1993. The creation of Nunavut resulted in the first major change to Canada's political map in half a century since the province of Newfoundland was admitted in 1949.
Depiction of an Inuit settlement on Boothia Peninsula in the 1830s, during John Ross' second expedition to find the Northwest Passage
A ceremony commemorating the establishment of Nunavut, April 1999
An aerial photo of Nunavut near the Roes Welcome Sound on April 22, 2017
CHARS is one of several Arctic research stations in Nunavut.