Ellesmere Island is Canada's northernmost and third largest island, and the tenth largest in the world. It comprises an area of 196,236 km2 (75,767 sq mi), slightly smaller than Great Britain, and the total length of the island is 830 km (520 mi).
Grise Fiord is an Inuit hamlet on the southern tip of Ellesmere Island, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is one of three populated places on the island; despite its low population, it is the largest community on Ellesmere Island. The hamlet at Grise Fiord, created by the Canadian Government in 1953 through a relocation of Inuit families from Inukjuak, Quebec, is the northernmost public community in Canada. It is also one of the coldest inhabited places in the world, with an average yearly temperature of −16.5 °C (2.3 °F).
Quttinirpaaq National Park is located on the northeastern corner of Ellesmere Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is the second most northerly park on Earth after Northeast Greenland National Park. In Inuktitut, Quttinirpaaq means "top of the world". It was established as Ellesmere Island National Park Reserve in 1988, and the name was changed to Quttinirpaaq in 1999, when Nunavut was created, and became a national park in 2000. The reserve covers 37,775 km2 (14,585 sq mi), making it the second largest park in Canada, after Wood Buffalo National Park.
Pangnirtung is an Inuit hamlet, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut, located on Baffin Island. Pangnirtung is situated on a coastal plain at the coast of Pangnirtung Fjord, a fjord which eventually merges with Cumberland Sound. As of January 2022, the mayor is Stevie Komoartok.
Strand Fiord Pass is a mountain pass on southern Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada.
Adams Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. The island is located in Baffin Bay off the northeastern coast of Baffin Island in the Arctic Archipelago. Nearby are Dexterity Island (northeast), Dexterity Fiord and Baffin Island (east), Tromso Fiord (south), Paterson Inlet (west), Bergesen Island (northwest), and Isbjorn Strait (north).
One of the Baffin Island offshore, uninhabited island groups, the Kaigosuiyat Islands are located between Irvine Inlet and Nettilling Fiord, south of Iglunga and southwest of Pangnirtung. They are part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut.
Iglunga was an Inuit settlement, now uninhabited, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.
One of the Baffin Island offshore island groups in Cumberland Sound, the Drum Islands are located on the southern side of the mouth of Kangilo Fiord, south of Iglunga, west of Pangnirtung, and north of the Saunik and Imigen islands. They are part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut.
Bjarnason Island is an island of the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. It lies in the Arctic Ocean, north-west of Axel Heiberg Island, separated from it by Bukken Fiord to its north and Bunde Fiord to its south.
Pilattuaq formerly Scott Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Baffin Bay, off the eastern coast of Baffin Island, in the middle of Scott Inlet, north of the confluence of Clark Fiord and Gibbs Fiord which embrace Qikiqtaaluk.
Akuglek Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Davis Strait, southeast of Sakiak Fiord, off southeastern Baffin Island's Cumberland Peninsula. Angijak Island is to its northeast, Nuvuktik Island to its south. Other islands in the immediate vicinity include Kekertaluk Island and Kekertuk Island.
Imigen Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Baffin Island's Cumberland Sound. Ivisa Island lies to its west, Saunik Island to its northwest. Aupaluktok Island, Beacon Island, the Drum Islands, Ekallulik Island, Iglunga Island, the Kaigosuit Islands, the Kaigosuiyat Islands, and the Sanigut Islands are in the vicinity.
Ivisa Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Baffin Island's Cumberland Sound. Imigen Island lies to its east, Saunik Island to its northeast. Aupaluktok Island, Ekallulik Island, Iglunga Island, the Kaigosuit Islands, and Kudjak Island are in the vicinity.
Kekertelung Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Baffin Island's Cumberland Sound. Anarnittuq Island lis to its west. Aupaluktok Island, Iglunga Island, and Nunatak Island are in the vicinity.
Clear Passage Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It lies in Kangilo Fiord, the southern of Baffin Island's Cumberland Sound's two ends. The False Passage Peninsula lies northwest of the island. Anarnittuq Island, Iglunga Island, and Nunatak Island are in the vicinity.
Nunatak Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located at the northern end of Baffin Island's Cumberland Sound, at the junction of Shark Fiord and Clearwater Fiord. Southeast is Kekertelung Island. Anarnittuq Island, Clear Passage Island, and Iglunga Island are also located within this vicinity.
Tanquary Fiord is a fjord on the north coast of the Arctic Archipelago's Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Quttinirpaaq National Park and extends 30 mi (48 km) in a north-westerly direction from Greely Fiord.
