Baffin may refer to: Qikiqtaaluk Region, formerly called the Baffin Region, an administrative and census region of Nunavut, Canada Qikiqtaaluk, Unorganized...
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Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada, the second largest island in the Americas...
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Baffin Bay (Inuktitut: Saknirutiak Imanga; Greenlandic: Avannaata Imaa; French: Baie de Baffin; Danish: Baffinbugten), located between Baffin Island and...
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The Baffin Region was a region of the Northwest Territories, in use as an administrative and statistical division until the creation of Nunavut in 1999...
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The English silk-weaver William Baffin (c. 1584 – 23 January 1622) became a navigator, explorer and cartographer. He is primarily known for his attempt...
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The Baffin Island wolf (Canis lupus manningi), also known as the Baffin Island tundra wolf, is a subspecies of grey wolf which resides exclusively on...
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Inuktitut (redirect from South Baffin dialect)
Iqaluit. Some linguists also distinguish an East Baffin dialect from either South Baffin or North Baffin, which is an Inuvialuk dialect. As of the early...
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The Baffin coastal tundra is a small ecoregion of the far north of North America, on the central north coast of Baffin Island in the Canadian territory...
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The North Baffin dialect (Qikiqtaaluk uannangani or Iglulingmiut) of Inuktitut is spoken on the northern part of Baffin Island, at Igloolik and the adjacent...
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Baffin Bay is a bay in South Texas, an inlet of the larger Laguna Madre. Located near the Gulf of Mexico, Baffin Bay forms part of the boundary between...
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HMS Baffin was an Isles-class trawler of the Royal Navy. Constructed in Canada for the Royal Navy, the trawler was one of eight loaned to the Royal Canadian...
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Qikiqtaaluk Region (redirect from Baffin Region, Nunavut)
Qikiqtani Region (Inuktitut syllabics: ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ pronounced [qikiqtaːˈluk]) or the Baffin Region is the easternmost, northernmost, and southernmost administrative...
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Laurentide ice sheet (section Baffin ice flow)
remnant of the Laurentide Ice Sheet called the Barnes Ice Cap, on central Baffin Island. During the Late Pleistocene, the Laurentide ice sheet reached from...
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The Blackburn B-5 Baffin biplane torpedo bomber designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Blackburn Aircraft. It was a development of...
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Qikiqtani General Hospital (redirect from Baffin Regional Hospital)
territorial capital of Iqaluit on Baffin Island. It is also the sole hospital in the territory. The first hospital, the Baffin Regional Hospital, was constructed...
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The Baffin Mountains are a mountain range running along the northeastern coast of Baffin Island and Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada. The ice-capped mountains...
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The Baffin ice sheet was the most northerly portion of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, centered in the Foxe Basin between Baffin Island and the Melville Peninsula...
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Baffins is an administrative district of Portsmouth, England, located on the eastern side of Portsea Island. The district is mainly composed of 1930s...
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Aaqqigiarvik Correctional Healing Facility (redirect from Baffin Correctional Centre)
Aaqqigiarvik Correctional Healing Facility (formerly Baffin Correctional Centre) is a minimum to maximum security correctional facility in Iqaluit, Nunavut...
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separates Bylot Island (to the north) from Baffin Island (to the south). To the east, it opens into Baffin Bay via Pond Inlet, and to the north-west into...
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Devon Island (category Islands of Baffin Bay)
uninhabited island (no permanent residents) in the world. It is located in Baffin Bay, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is one of the largest members...
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second-largest (after Greenland). The capital Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay), on Baffin Island in the east, was chosen by a capital plebiscite in 1995. Other major...
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The Baffin Basin is an oceanic basin located in the middle of Baffin Bay between Baffin Island and Greenland. With a maximum depth of over 2,700 m (8...
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Auyuittuq National Park (redirect from Baffin Island National Park)
[aujuitːuq], "the land that never melts") is a national park located on Baffin Island's Cumberland Peninsula, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, the...
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Air Nunavut (redirect from Air Baffin)
The airline was established and started charter operations in 1989 as Air Baffin. Scheduled services were inaugurated in May 1992. It was renamed to Air...
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South Baffin (Inuktitut: ᕿᑭᕐᒃᑖᓘᑉ ᓂᒋᐊ, French: Baffin Sud, Inuinnaqtun: Hivuraa Qikiqtaaluk) is a territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative...
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Rosa 'William Baffin' is a deep pink Hybrid Kordesii rose cultivar, bred by Canadian rose breeder, Felicitas Svejda in 1974. It was introduced in Canada...
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Hudson Strait (category Bodies of water of Baffin Island)
and the Labrador Sea to Hudson Bay in Canada. This strait lies between Baffin Island and Nunavik, with its eastern entrance marked by Cape Chidley in...
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Barents Sea Bay of Biscay Black Sea Caspian Sea Celtic Sea Greenland Sea Baffin Bay Gulf of Cadiz Ligurian Sea Mediterranean Sea North Atlantic Ocean North...
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Bowhead whale (section Baffin Bay and Davis Strait)
Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas, 2) the Hudson Bay and Foxe Basin stock, 3) the Baffin Bay and Davis Strait stock, 4) the Sea of Okhotsk stock, and 5) the Svalbard-Barents...
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