What is Baffin Island?
[[File:Baffin Island, Canada.svg|thumb|right|200px|Where Baffin Island (in red) is in Nunavut]] '''Baffin Island''' ({{lang-fr|Île de Baffin}}) is an [[island]] in the territory of [[Nunavut]] near the [[Arctic Circle]]. It is the largest member of the [[Canadian Arctic Archipelago]]. It is the largest island in [[Canada]] and the [[List of islands by area|fifth largest island in the world]], with an [[area]] of 507,451&nbsp;km² (195,928&nbsp;sq&nbsp;mi). It has a [[population]] of 11,000 people as of the year [[2007]]. It is named after the [[Great Britain|British]] [[explorer]] [[William Baffin]]. The island was known to the [[Norwegian language|Norse]] as Helluland. {{multistub|Geo|Canada}} [[Category:Islands of Canada]] [[Category:Nunavut]] [[Category:Arctic islands]]