Button Islands

Button Islands

Infobox Islands
name = Button Islands


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native name link = Inuktikut
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location = Northern Canada
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archipelago = Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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area = convert|51|km2|sqmi|abbr=on
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country = Canada
country admin divisions title = Territory
country admin divisions = flag|Nunavut
country admin divisions title 1 = Qikiqtaaluk Region
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The Button Islands are located in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. They are surrounded by Ungava Bay, Hudson Strait, Labrador Sea, and Gray Strait. The smaller Knight Islands are about convert|5|km|mi|abbr=on to the southeast.

The Button Islands measure convert|51|km2|sqmi|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 |accessdate=2008-06-10 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=Atlas of Canada] Lacy Island in the northeast, and Lawson Island in the southeast are the largest of the group.

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