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Baffin (island) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 68 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 68.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 070 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -70.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: World's fifth largest island; settled by Inuit; there was possibly contact between Inuit & early Norse explorers; S area explored by Martin Frobisher 1576-1578; William Baffin explored N part in 1616. |
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| Baffin Island (preferred,C,V,English)
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............ | named for William Baffin, who charted part of the island |
| Baffin Island ()
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| Île de Baffin (C,V,O)
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| Île de Baffin (French-P)
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| Baffin (C,U,English-P)
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| Baffin Land (H,V)
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| Helluland (H,V)
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............ | Baffin Island may be the Hellulund of Norse sagas |
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Baffin (island) (P) |
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