Arctic Archipelago


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Arctic Archipelago

A group of more than 36,000 islands of northern Canada in the Arctic Ocean between North America and Greenland. Baffin Island is the largest; Ellesmere Island is the northernmost.
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Noun1.Arctic Archipelago - all the islands that lie to the north of mainland Canada and the Arctic Circle
Canada - a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada; "the border between the United States and Canada is the longest unguarded border in the world"
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