Place details
Place nameBaffin Island
Other namesÎle de Baffin, Baffin Land, Helluland
CountryCanada
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
World's fifth largest island; settled by Inuit; there was possibly contact between Inuit & early Norse explorers; S area explored by Martin Frobisher 1576-1578; William Baffin explored N part in 1616.