Button Islands

{{Short description|Island group in Nunavut, Canada}}

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| name = Button Islands

| image_name =

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| 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

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| country = Canada

| country_admin_divisions_title = Nunavut

| country_admin_divisions = Nunavut

| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Region

| country_admin_divisions_1 = Qikiqtaaluk

| population = Uninhabited

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| footnotes = Source: Button Islands at the Atlas of Canada

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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.{{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 }} The Button Islands measure {{convert|51|km2|abbr=on}}.{{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}}

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, King Island, Holdridge Island, Leading Island, Niels Island, and Dolphin Island.

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.{{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}}