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Baffin Island
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Baffin Island
Baffin Island
( , ,
Old Norse
:
Helluland
), in the
Canadian
territory of
Nunavut
, is the
largest island in Canada
and the
fifth largest island in the world
. Its area is and its population is about 11,000 (2007 estimate). Named after
English
explorer
William Baffin
, it is likely that the island was known to
Pre-Columbian
Norse explorers
from
Greenland
and
Iceland
and may be the location of
Helluland
, spoken of in the Icelandic
sagas
(the
Grœnlendinga saga
and the
Saga of Erik the Red
, Eiríks saga rauða).
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