The uninhabited Knight Islands are members of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Canadian Arctic Archipelago

The Canadian Arctic Archipelago, also known as the Arctic Archipelago, is a Canadian archipelago north of the Canadian mainland in the Arctic...

 in the territory of Nunavut

Nunavut

Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...

. They are located in Gray Strait, an arm of the Labrador Sea

Labrador Sea

The Labrador Sea is an arm of the North Atlantic Ocean between the Labrador Peninsula and Greenland. The sea is flanked by continental shelves to the southwest, northwest, and northeast. It connects to the north with Baffin Bay through the Davis Strait...

. The Knight Islands measure 8 km² (3.1 sq mi).

The largest of the Knight Islands is 2.5 mi (4 km) long and 1.7 mi (2.7 km) miles wide. Knight Summit, at the north part of the island, rises to 213 m (698.8 ft) above sea level

Sea level

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.

The larger Button Islands

Button Islands

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 they are on the north side of Gray Strait. The Button Islands measure ....

 are about 5 km (3.1 mi) to the northwest.