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Places

* Qikiqtaaluk Region, also called the Baffin Region, an administrative and census region of Nunavut, Canada * Baffin, Unorganized, part of the Baffin Region census division * South Baffin, a territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut *
Baffin Island Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada and the fifth-largest island in the world. Its area is , slightly larger than Spain; its population was 13,039 as of the 2021 Canadi ...
, an Arctic island of Nunavut *
Baffin Bay Baffin Bay (Inuktitut: ''Saknirutiak Imanga''; kl, Avannaata Imaa; french: Baie de Baffin), located between Baffin Island and the west coast of Greenland, is defined by the International Hydrographic Organization as a marginal sea of the Ar ...
, a sea between the Atlantic and Arctic oceans *
Baffin Mountains The Baffin Mountains are a mountain range running along the northeastern coast of Baffin Island and Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada. The ice-capped mountains are part of the Arctic Cordillera and have some of the highest peaks of eastern North Am ...
, a mountain range running along the northeastern coast of Baffin Island * Baffin Region, Northwest Territories, a region of the Northwest Territories prior to division *
Baffin Bay, Texas 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 Kenedy County and Kleberg County. Etymology The history of the bay name is unclear. The mos ...
, a bay in South Texas, an inlet of the larger Laguna Madre


Other uses

* Baffin Island Current, an ocean current running south down the western side of Baffin Bay * William Baffin, a 17th-century English navigator and discoverer * , a World War II Isles class trawler of the Royal Canadian Navy * Blackburn Baffin, a torpedo bomber of the Fleet Air Arm


See also

* Baffins, an administrative district of Portsmouth, UK * , a World War II escort carrier of the Royal Navy, formerly known as USS ''Baffins'' * , a container ship {{disambiguation