NunavutThe whole territory: the mainland and its islands.
Hudson BayThe great bay east of the mainland.
Baffin IslandThe largest island, in the east of the territory.
IqaluitThe capital, on Baffin Island.
Northwest TerritoriesThe territory to the west of Nunavut.
ManitobaThe province south of the mainland of Nunavut.
QuebecThe province to the southeast, across Hudson Strait.
Arctic OceanThe ocean north and west of the islands.
Ellesmere IslandThe large island farthest north.
Baffin BayThe sea between Baffin Island and Greenland.
Davis StraitSouth of Baffin Bay, between Baffin Island and Greenland.
Hudson StraitThe channel between Baffin Island and Quebec.
Foxe BasinThe sea west of Baffin Island, north of Hudson Bay.
Devon IslandThe island between Ellesmere Island and Baffin Island.
Southampton IslandThe large island at the north end of Hudson Bay.
Boothia PeninsulaThe peninsula that points north from the mainland.
Gulf of BoothiaThe gulf east of the Boothia Peninsula.
Rankin InletThe dot on the west shore of Hudson Bay.
Cambridge BayThe dot on Victoria Island, in the west.
Pond InletThe dot at the north end of Baffin Island.
Back RiverThe northern of the two rivers on the mainland.
Thelon RiverThe southern of the two rivers on the mainland.
How this list was compiled: Items made on 2026-10-01. Nunavut has no first-level units below it in the map source (its three regions are not in it), so the sheet numbers the territory, four islands, one peninsula, seven seas and straits, two rivers, four communities and three neighbors. Nunavut is the dataset's one anchor: the sheet numbers and names it on the mainland, and in the quiz its name is written on the map and it is not asked, because the named islands are shapes of their own on top of it and a tap on one of them could not count for the territory. Every name was read on 2026-10-01 in the Canadian Geographical Names Database of Natural Resources Canada (https://geogratis.gc.ca/services/geoname/en/geonames: Nunavut and the Northwest Territories as official names of a territory, Manitoba and Quebec of a province; Iqaluit as a city; Rankin Inlet, Cambridge Bay and Pond Inlet as hamlets; Baffin Island, Ellesmere Island, Devon Island, Southampton Island and Victoria Island; Boothia Peninsula; Hudson Bay, Foxe Basin, Hudson Strait, Baffin Bay, Davis Strait, Gulf of Boothia, Arctic Ocean; Back River, Thelon River) and in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nunavut (Iqaluit as capital, on Baffin Island; Rankin Inlet and Cambridge Bay; Ellesmere Island; the eastern and southern parts of Victoria Island; all islands in Hudson Bay and James Bay; long land borders with the Northwest Territories and Manitoba, Saskatchewan at one point, a short land border on Killiniq Island with Newfoundland and Labrador, sea borders with Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba, Greenland; a territory since April 1, 1999), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Nunavut (Devon Island, Boothia Peninsula, Pond Inlet), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Archipelago (Baffin Island as its largest island; Baffin Bay, Davis Strait, Hudson Strait, Gulf of Boothia), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxe_Basin, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southampton_Island and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Nunavut (Back, Thelon). Killiniq Island is an official name in the names database twice, once under Nunavut and once under Newfoundland and Labrador (read 2026-10-01). Greenland, drawn as land without a number, is in ISO 3166-1 as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 prints it. Victoria Island is not numbered: Nunavut shares it with the Northwest Territories and one number would hide the boundary across it. The source's Queen Elizabeth Islands area is not numbered because Ellesmere and Devon lie inside it. Left off so that every name on the Named sheet has room: Arviat, Baker Lake, the Melville Peninsula, Nettilling Lake and Dubawnt Lake, all in the source and in the names database. The points of Nunavut, Baffin Island, Devon Island and Foxe Basin are set by the spec, clear of their neighbors. The mark of the Thelon River is not the points file's (164.4, 583.6, which lies west of the boundary, in the Northwest Territories): it stands on another point of the same line as the points file lists it (267, 559.1), inside Nunavut. The two rivers are written Back R. and Thelon R. on the map; the key has the full names. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)
The drawing: Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_geography_regions_polys (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_geography_regions_polys.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_geography_marine_polys (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_geography_marine_polys.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_rivers_lake_centerlines (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_rivers_lake_centerlines.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_populated_places_simple (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_populated_places_simple.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_0_countries (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_0_countries.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection centred on 67.4°N 90°W. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)
How it works
This blank map of Nunavut shows the whole territory, from the mainland beside Hudson Bay to Ellesmere Island, with dots for Iqaluit and three more communities. Its neighbors and Greenland are drawn around it.
Read the full guide
Blank, numbered or named
The sheet opens blank. Choose Numbered to put a number on Nunavut, its large islands, the seas, the two rivers, the neighbors and the four dots, or Named for their names, then press Print this map. Print the answer key gives the names on a sheet of their own.
What the map draws
The numbered islands are Baffin, Ellesmere, Devon and Southampton. The dots are Iqaluit, Rankin Inlet, Cambridge Bay and Pond Inlet. The Northwest Territories, Manitoba and Quebec are numbered; Greenland is drawn without a number. Nunavut has its own number and name on the mainland; the islands are parts of it too.
Cambridge Bay is on Victoria Island, which Nunavut shares with the Northwest Territories.
Questions and answers
What is the capital of Nunavut?
Iqaluit. On this map it is the dot at the southeast end of Baffin Island.
What borders Nunavut?
The Northwest Territories to the west and Manitoba to the south. It meets Saskatchewan at one corner and Newfoundland and Labrador on one island. Quebec and Ontario lie across Hudson Bay and James Bay, and Greenland to the east across Baffin Bay and Davis Strait.
Which islands are on the blank map of Nunavut?
Four are numbered: Baffin Island, Ellesmere Island, Devon Island and Southampton Island. The other islands are drawn without a number, and so is Victoria Island, which Nunavut shares with the Northwest Territories.
Why does the map reach so far south?
Nunavut includes the islands of Hudson Bay and James Bay, so the sheet runs down to James Bay to show the territory whole.
When did Nunavut become a territory?
On April 1, 1999, when it was split from the Northwest Territories.