baffin island
21Baffin Bay — a part of the Arctic Ocean between W Greenland and E Baffin Island. * * * Large inlet, Atlantic Ocean, between western Greenland and eastern Baffin Island. With an area of 266,000 sq mi (689,000 sq km), it extends 900 mi (1,450 km) southward from …
22Baffin, William — ▪ English navigator born c. 1584, London, Eng.? died Jan. 23, 1622, Persian Gulf, off the island of Qeshm [now part of Iran] navigator (navigation) who searched for the Northwest Passage and gave his name to Baffin Island, now part of the… …
23Baffin Region, Northwest Territories — 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. The large majority of Baffin Region fell on the Nunavut side of the boundary and was… …
24Baffin — /baf in/, n. William, 1584? 1622, an English navigator who explored arctic North America. * * * ▪ region, Canada northernmost and easternmost region of Nunavut territory, Canada. In 1967 it was created as Baffin region, Northwest… …
25Baffin-Insel — Position der Baffininsel innerhalb des kanadischen Territoriums Nunavut Satellitenbild der Baffininsel Die Baffininsel (engl. Baffin …
26island — islandish, islandlike, adj. islandless, adj. /uy leuhnd/, n. 1. a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent. 2. something resembling an island, esp. in being isolated or having little or no direct …
27Baffin — noun a) A region of Nunavut b) An island in Nunavut, Baffin Island …
28Baffin Bay — geographical name inlet of the Atlantic between W Greenland & E Baffin Island …
29Baffin Basin — deeper parts of Arctic Ocean between Baffin Island and Greenland …
30Baffin Bay — Baf′fin Bay′ n. geg a part of the Arctic Ocean between W Greenland and E Baffin Island …
