Baffin Island

Summary

Baffin Island is an island^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,215 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Baffin Island is located in Nunavut^[3].
• Baffin Island is in the country of Canada^[4].
• Baffin Island is on the body of water Arctic Ocean^[5].
• Baffin Island's image is recorded as Wfm baffin island.jpg^[6].
• Baffin Island's continent is recorded as North America^[7].
• Baffin Island's instance of is recorded as island^[8].
• William Baffin is named after Baffin Island^[9].
• Baffin Island's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 237708384^[10].
• Baffin Island's GND ID is recorded as 4069078-7^[11].
• Baffin Island's locator map image is recorded as BaffinIsland de.svg^[12].
• Baffin Island's IdRef ID is recorded as 179264974^[13].
• Baffin Island's part of is recorded as Canadian Arctic Archipelago^[14].
• Baffin Island's Commons category is recorded as Baffin Island^[15].
• Baffin Island's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 3957497^[16].
• Baffin Island's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−04:00^[17].
• Baffin Island's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1576-00-00T00:00:00Z^[18].
• Baffin Island's highest point is recorded as Mount Odin^[19].
• Baffin Island's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 69, 'lon': -73}^[20].
• Baffin Island's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 68, 'lon': -70}^[21].
• Baffin Island's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0j00k^[22].
• Baffin Island's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge390217^[23].
• Baffin Island's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Canadian Arctic Archipelago^[24].
• Baffin Island's CGNDB unique ID is recorded as OABML^[25].
• Baffin Island's CGNDB unique ID is recorded as OASUC^[26].
• Baffin Island's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Baffin Island^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Baffin Island include Baffin Island Current^[28], an ocean current^[29].

Why It Matters

Baffin Island ranks in the top 1% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,215 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for it include Baffin Island Current^[28], an ocean current^[29].