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[[Икалуит]] (-{Iqaluit}-), главни град [[Нунавут]]а (-{Nunavut}-), налази се на југоисточној обали. До 1987, име града је било Фробишер Беј (-{Frobisher Bay}-), по истоименом заливу у којем је лоциран.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iqaluit.ca/visitors/explore-iqaluit/history |title=About Iqaluit: History & Milestones | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421042104/https://www.iqaluit.ca/visitors/explore-iqaluit/history |archive-date=2019-04-19 }}</ref> [[Бафинове планине]] (-{Baffin Mountains}-) се протежу уз североисточну обалу острва и део су [[Арктички Кордиљери|Арктичких Кордиљера]] (-{Arctic Cordillera}-). [[Маунт Один]] (-{Mount Odin}-) је највиши врх са висином 2143 до 2147 м. Два највећа језера су [[Језеро Нетилинг]] (-{Nettilling Lake}-), 5066 -{km}-² и Језеро Амадјуак (-{Amadjuak Lake}-). У средишњем делу острва се налази [[Барнесова ледена капа]] (-{Barnes ice cap}-), која са полако смањује од 60-их година 20 века.<ref>{{cite web |title=Is Baffin Island on your bucket list? |url=https://travel.destinationcanada.com/things-to-do/exploring-baffin-island |website=Keep Exploring |access-date=18. 1. 2022 |language=en-CA |date=4. 12. 2017}}</ref>
To the south lies [[Hudson Strait]], separating Baffin Island from mainland [[Quebec]].<ref name="baff">{{cite web|url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/search/search_results?expression=Hudson+Strait&x=0&y=0|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101042239/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/search/search_results?expression=Hudson+Strait&x=0&y=0|url-status=dead|title=The Atlas of Canada - Search|date=January 1, 2013|archive-date=January 1, 2013|website=archive.is}}</ref> South of the western end of the island is the [[Fury and Hecla Strait]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/search/search_results?expression=Fury+and+Hecla+Strait&x=10&y=10 |title=Fury and Hecla Strait |access-date=October 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002061733/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/search/search_results?expression=Fury+and+Hecla+Strait&x=10&y=10 |archive-date=October 2, 2012|url-status=dead }}</ref> which separates the island from the [[Melville Peninsula]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/search/search_results?expression=Melville+Peninsula&x=8&y=7|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101031838/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/search/search_results?expression=Melville+Peninsula&x=8&y=7|url-status=dead|title=The Atlas of Canada - Search|date=January 1, 2013|archive-date=January 1, 2013|website=archive.is}}</ref> on the mainland. To the east are [[Davis Strait]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/search/search_results?expression=Davis+Strait&x=10&y=10|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101034549/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/search/search_results?expression=Davis+Strait&x=10&y=10|url-status=dead|title=The Atlas of Canada - Search|date=January 1, 2013|archive-date=January 1, 2013|website=archive.is}}</ref> and [[Baffin Bay]],<ref name="bff">{{cite web|url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/search/search_results?expression=Baffin+Bay&x=0&y=0 |title=Baffin Bay|date=April 2, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006183318/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/search/search_results?expression=Baffin+Bay&x=0&y=0 |archive-date=October 6, 2012}} with Greenland to the east</ref> with Greenland beyond.<ref name="baff"/> The [[Foxe Basin]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/search/search_results?expression=Foxe+Basin&x=0&y=0|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101015703/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/search/search_results?expression=Foxe+Basin&x=0&y=0|url-status=dead|title=The Atlas of Canada - Search|date=January 1, 2013|archive-date=January 1, 2013|website=archive.is}}</ref> the [[Gulf of Boothia]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/search/search_results?expression=Gulf+of+Boothia&image2_x=0&image2_y=0|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101042604/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/search/search_results?expression=Gulf+of+Boothia&image2_x=0&image2_y=0|url-status=dead|title=The Atlas of Canada - Search|date=January 1, 2013|archive-date=January 1, 2013|website=archive.is}}</ref> and [[Lancaster Sound]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/search/search_results?expression=Lancaster+Sound&image2_x=18&image2_y=10|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101031242/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/search/search_results?expression=Lancaster+Sound&image2_x=18&image2_y=10|url-status=dead|title=The Atlas of Canada - Search|date=January 1, 2013|archive-date=January 1, 2013|website=archive.is}}</ref> separate Baffin Island from the rest of the [[Arctic Archipelago]] to the west and north.▼
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The [[Baffin Mountains]] run along the northeastern coast of the island and are a part of the [[Arctic Cordillera]]. The highest peak is [[Mount Odin]], with an elevation of at least {{cvt|2143|m}}, although some sources say {{cvt|2147|m}}.<ref>{{cite peakbagger|pid=695|name=Mount Odin, Nunavut}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/mountains.html#nu|title=Mount Odin at the Atlas of Canada|access-date=October 6, 2007|archive-date=June 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625111115/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/mountains.html#nu|url-status=dead}}</ref> Another peak of note is [[Mount Asgard]], located in [[Auyuittuq National Park]], with an elevation of {{cvt|2011|m}}. [[Mount Thor]], with an elevation of {{cvt|1675|m}}, is said to have the [[Extremes on Earth#Greatest vertical drop|greatest purely vertical drop]] (a sheer cliff face) of any mountain on Earth, at {{cvt|1250|m}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dailygalaxy.com/2012/11/image-of-the-day-baffin-islands-mount-thor-the-greatest-vertical-drop-on-earth/#more-7807|title=Mount Thor -The Greatest Vertical Drop on Earth!|date=November 19, 2012}}</ref> [[Mount Sharat]],<ref>[http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/OAOUF Mount Sharat]</ref> with an elevation of {{cvt|422|m}} and a prominence of {{cvt|67|m}} is located on Baffin Island. The mountain is named after geologist [[Sharat Kumar Roy]], the chief geology curator in the [[Field Museum of Natural History]], Chicago. Roy, a native of India, studied in India, London, and earned his Ph.D. at the [[University of Chicago]]. Shortly after he started at the Field Museum he joined the 1927-1928 Rawson-Macmillan Expedition to Baffin Island and [[Labrador]]. This 15-month expedition began in June 1927.▼
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The two largest lakes on the island lie in the south-central part of the island: [[Nettilling Lake]] ({{cvt|5542|km2|disp=sqbr}}) and [[Amadjuak Lake]] ({{cvt|3115|km2|disp=sqbr}}) further south.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/lakes.html/#nunavut|title=Nunavut – Lake Areas and Elevation (lakes larger than 400 square kilometres)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/search/search_results?expression=Nettilling+Lake&image2_x=0&image2_y=0|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101030726/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/search/search_results?expression=Nettilling+Lake&image2_x=0&image2_y=0|url-status=dead|title=The Atlas of Canada - Search|date=January 1, 2013|archive-date=January 1, 2013|website=archive.is}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/search/search_results?expression=Amadjuak+Lake&x=0&y=0|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101071049/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/search/search_results?expression=Amadjuak+Lake&x=0&y=0|url-status=dead|title=The Atlas of Canada - Search|date=January 1, 2013|archive-date=January 1, 2013|website=archive.is}}</ref>▼
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