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{{Short description|Island group in Nunavut, Canada}}
{{Infobox islands
| name = Button Islands
| image_name =
| image_caption =
| image_size =
| pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut#Canada
| native_name =
| native_name_link = Inuktitut
| nickname =
| location = [[Hudson Strait]]
| coordinates = {{coord|60|38|04|N|64|42|25|W|region:CA-NU_type:isle_scale:1000000|display=inline,title|name=Button Islands}}
| archipelago = [[Arctic Archipelago]]
| total_islands =
| major_islands =
| area_km2 = 51
| coastline_km = 111
| highest_mount = {{convert|290|m|abbr=on}} on Lacy Island
| elevation_m =
| country = Canada
| country_admin_divisions_title = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Nunavut]]
| country_admin_divisions = [[Nunavut]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = [[Regions of Nunavut|Region]]
| country_admin_divisions_1 = [[Qikiqtaaluk Region|Qikiqtaaluk]]
| population = Uninhabited
| population_as_of =
| density_km2 =
| ethnic_groups =
| footnotes = Source: Button Islands at the [[Atlas of Canada]]
}}

The '''Button Islands''' are located in the [[Arctic Archipelago]] in the territory of [[Nunavut]]. They are surrounded by [[Ungava Bay]], [[Hudson Strait]], [[Davis Strait]], and they are on the north side of [[Gray Strait]].<ref name="mil">{{cite web|url=http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub146/146sec13.pdf |title=Sector13.HudsonStrait |work=National Geospatial Intelligence Agency |publisher=pollux.nss.nima.mil |pages=7 |access-date=2009-02-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041024235001/http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub146/146sec13.pdf |archive-date=October 24, 2004 }}</ref> The Button Islands measure {{convert|51|km2|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map?mapsize=428%20380&lat=60.6346999979&long=-64.7072000001&mapxy=1550755.68696+1650259.02645&scale=5000000&feature_na=Button+Islands&location1=62&unique_key=3d0c8d97d05511d892e2080020a0f4c9&searchstring=islands&entity=ISL&layers=fapfeature+fapfeature%20north_arrow%20other_features%20million_grid%20t50k_grid%20grid_50k_3%20roads%20hydrography%20boundary%20builtup%20vegetation%20populated_places%20railway%20power_network%20manmade_features%20designated_areas%20water_features%20water_saturated_soils%20relief%20contours%20toponymy%20contour%20nodata_ntdb_50k&urlappend=%26unique_key%3D3d0c8d97d05511d892e2080020a0f4c9%26map.layer%5Btextzoom03%5D%3DFEATURE+POINTS+1550115.09879+1649268.02753+END+TEXT+%22Button%2BIslands%22+END%26map.layer%5Btextzoom46%5D%3DFEATURE+POINTS+1550115.09879+1649268.02753+END+TEXT+%22Button%2BIslands%22+END%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom0%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom1%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom2%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom0outline%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom1outline%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom2outline%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Barrowzoom03%5D%3DFEATURE+POINTS+1550115.09879+1649268.02753+END+END |title=Button Islands |access-date=2008-06-10 |publisher=[[Atlas of Canada]]}}</ref>

The Button Islands consist of two groupings of islands lying in a northeast–southwest direction. They are barren, long, and narrow. The two groups are separated by a {{convert|0.2|mi|abbr=on}} navigable channel. A passage that can be entered from either ends flows through the Button Islands' midsection, measuring {{convert|0.2|mi|abbr=on}} to {{convert|0.6|mi|abbr=on}} wide. The mid-channel depth is approximately {{convert|3.7|m|abbr=on}} towards the northeast end.

One grouping includes [[Lacy Island]], [[Lawson Island]], [[Goodwin Island]], and [[MacColl Island]]. The other includes [[Erhardt Island]], [[Clark Island (Nunavut)|Clark Island]], [[King Island (Nunavut)|King Island]], [[Holdridge Island]], [[Leading Island]], [[Niels Island]], and [[Dolphin Island (Nunavut)|Dolphin Island]].<ref name="mil" />

The smaller [[Knight Islands]] are about {{convert|5|km|abbr=on}} to the southeast. The [[Cape Chidley Islands]] are {{convert|28.2|km|abbr=on}} away.<ref name="travelingluck">{{cite web|url=http://travelingluck.com/North+America/Canada/Nunavut/_5912769_Button+Islands.html#local_map|title=Button Islands|publisher=travelingluck.com|access-date=2009-02-17}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region}}

[[Category:Archipelagoes of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago]]
[[Category:Islands of Hudson Strait]]
[[Category:Islands of the Labrador Sea]]
[[Category:Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region]]

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