Devon Island (
Inuit:
Tatlurutit), claimed to be the largest
uninhabited island on Earth, is located in
Baffin Bay,
Qikiqtaaluk Region,
Nunavut,
Canada. It is one of the larger members of the
Canadian Arctic Archipelago, the second-largest of the
Queen Elizabeth Islands,
Canada's sixth largest island, and the
27th largest island in the world. It comprises (slightly smaller than
Croatia) of
Precambrian gneiss and
Paleozoic siltstones and
shales. The highest point is the
Devon Ice Cap at which is part of the
Arctic Cordillera. Devon Island contains several small mountain ranges, such as the
Treuter Mountains,
Haddington Range and the
Cunningham Mountains.