Excluding Greenland, what is the largest island in North America?

Excluding Greenland, Baffin Island is the largest island in North America. It lies in Nunavut, Canada, within the Arctic Archipelago, and covers about 507,451 square kilometres.

Baffin Island is also the second-largest island in the Americas after Greenland and the fifth-largest island in the world. Its Inuktitut name, Qikiqtaaluk, means “very big island,” a fitting description of its immense Arctic landscape.

The island has been inhabited for at least 3,000 years by Inuit and earlier circumpolar peoples. Iqaluit, Nunavut’s capital and the island’s largest community, sits on Frobisher Bay at its southern end.

A common mix-up is Newfoundland, which is Canada’s largest island outside the Arctic. Ellesmere and Victoria islands are also enormous, but both are smaller than Baffin Island.