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 Translation for 'Baffin Island' from English to Dutch
NOUN   Baffin Island | -
geogr.
Baffineiland {het}
Baffin Island
Partial Matches
geogr.
Baffinbaai {de}
Baffin Bay
geogr.
eylandt {het} [oud]
island
geogr.
eiland {het}
island
2
keukeneiland {het}kitchen island
geogr.pol.
eilandrepubliek {de}
island republic
eilandenrijk {het}island kingdom
vakantie-eiland {het}holiday island
toerisme
eilandhopping {de}
island-hopping
eilandbevolking {de}island population
eilandcultuur {de}island culture
geogr.
eilandengroep {de}
island group
hoofdeiland {het}main island
geogr.
eilandstrand {het}
island beach
biol.
eilandgigantisme {het}
island gigantism
biol.
eilandreusgroei {de}
island gigantism
biol.
eilanddwerggroei {de}
island dwarfing
geogr.
Paaseiland {het}
Easter Island
geogr.
Christmaseiland {het}
Christmas Island
vluchtheuvel {de}traffic island
geogr.
eilandje {het}
small island
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Usage Examples English
  • As of the 2021 Canadian census, the population was 7,429 (population centre: 6,991 an inlet of Frobisher Bay, on the southeast part of Baffin Island. ...
  • Later, the 17th-century Icelandic bishop Guðbrandur Thorlaksson also used the name "Ginnungegap" to refer to a narrow body of water, possibly the Davis Strait, separating the southern tip of Greenland from "Estotelandia, pars America extrema", probably Baffin Island.
  • Baffin Island is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region.
  • This strait lies between Baffin Island and Nunavik, with its eastern entrance marked by Cape Chidley in Newfoundland and Labrador and Resolution Island off Baffin Island.
  • Bylot Island, off the northern end of Baffin Island and one of the more dramatic of the Canadian Arctic islands, was named after him.

  • Numerous artifacts attributed to the Norse have been found in Canada, particularly on Baffin Island and in northern Labrador.
  • One of the Inuit was a tattooed woman from Baffin Island, who was illustrated by the English cartographer John White.
  • In 2018 bright blue spinels have been reported also in the southern part of Baffin Island (Canada).
  • Martin Frobisher landed at Frobisher Bay on Baffin Island in August 1576; He returned in 1577, claiming it in Queen Elizabeth's name, and in a third voyage tried but failed to found a settlement in Frobisher Bay.
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