La Isiqithi saseBaffin kummandla waseKhanada INunavut Sesona siqithi sikhulu eCanada kwaye sisiqithi sesihlanu ngobukhulu emhlabeni. Indawo yayo yi-507.451 km2 (i-195.928 yeekhilomitha) kwaye abemi bayo bangama-12 amawaka abemi.
Ebizwa emva komhloli wamaNgesi uWilliam Baffin, kusenokwenzeka ukuba esi siqithi sasisaziwa kwangaphambi kweColumbian Nordic times ukusuka eGreenland naseIceland.
Iqaluit, ikomkhulu laseNunavut, ibekwe kunxweme olusempuma mpuma. Kude kube ngo-1987, isixeko sabelana ngegama le-Frobisher Bay kunye ne-bay apho ikhoyo.
Emazantsi yiHudson Strait, eyahlula iBaffin Island kwilizwekazi iQuebec. Emazantsi encam esentshona yesi siqithi yiFury kunye neHecla Strait, eyahlula esi siqithi kwiPeninsula yaseMelville kwilizwekazi. Ngasempuma kukho iDavis Strait kunye neBaffin Bay, eGreenland, kunye nobomi basemva kokufa. IFoxe Basin, iGulf of Boothia kunye neLancaster Isandi esahlukaniswe nesiQithi saseBaffin kuwo onke amachwebakazi asentshona nasemantla.
Iintaba zeBaffin zibaleka kunxweme olusempuma mpuma wesiqithi kwaye ziyinxalenye yoLwandle iArctic apho iNtaba iOdin yeyona ncopho iphakamileyo, enokuphakama okungenani kwe-2.143 m (7.031 ft). Enye incopho yenqaku yiMount Asgard, ebekwe eAuyuittuq National Park, ene-2.011 m (6.598 ft).
La machibi mabini makhulu esiqithini ahlala emazantsi kumbindi wesiqithi: iNettilling Lake (5.066 km2 (1.956 square miles)) kunye nomazantsi eLake Amadjuak.
Isiqithi saseBaffin sinezilwanyana zasendle ikakhulu ehlotyeni apho ungabona khona icaribou, ibhere elimhlophe, impungutye yearctic, umvundla we-arctic, i-lemming kunye nengcuka ye-arctic.
Iibhere ezimhlophe zifumaneka kunxweme lweBaffin Island, ezidibana rhoqo ngonyaka malunga ne-XNUMX ukuya kwi-XNUMX amathole azalwa nge-Matshi.
Phakathi kwezilwanyana zasendle zommandla kukho iimpungutye ze-arctic ezifuna ukutya, kwaye zihlala zilandela iibhere ezimhlophe ukufumana okushiyekileyo. KwisiQithi saseBaffin, iimpungutye zeArctic ngamanye amaxesha zibanjwa zii-Inuit, kodwa akukho shishini loboya lomeleleyo.
Esinye sezilwanyana ezityebileyo zii-arctic hares ezifumaneka kwiBaffin Island. Uboya babo bumhlophe qhwa ebusika kunye nemolts ukuya kwimpunga emnyama ehlobo.