Mount Minto (Nunavut) Explained

Mount Minto
Elevation M:213
Listing:Mountains of Nunavut
Location:Bell Peninsula, Southampton Island, Nunavut, Canada
Map:Canada Nunavut
Coordinates:63.9333°N -137°W
Coordinates Ref:[1]

Mount Minto (previously, Conical Hill) is a mountain located on northern Bell Peninsula, Southampton Island, in Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada. From eastward, it has a conical shape.[2]

It is named after Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto, first Lord of the Admiralty.[3]

Notes and References

  1. OAKXE. Mount Minto. 2023-08-18.
  2. Royal Geographical Society. 1837. North-Eastern Shore of Southampton Island . Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. J. Murray. 7. 466.
  3. Web site: Narrative of an expedition in H. M. S. Terror, undertaken with a view to geographical discovery on the Arctic shores, in the years 1836-7. Marine Biological Laboratory Library. 2008-10-14.

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