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Mount Minto (Nunavut)

Coordinates: 63°56′N 80°57′W / 63.933°N 80.950°W / 63.933; -80.950 (Mount Minto)
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Mount Minto
Highest point
Elevation213 m (699 ft)
ListingMountains of Nunavut
Coordinates63°56′N 80°57′W / 63.933°N 80.950°W / 63.933; -80.950 (Mount Minto)[1]
Geography
LocationBell Peninsula, Southampton Island, Nunavut, Canada
Topo mapNTC 45P15 Gorden Bay[1]

Mount Minto (previously, Conical Hill)[2] is a mountain located on northern Bell Peninsula, Southampton Island, in Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada. From eastward, it has a conical shape.[3]

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mount Minto". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  2. ^ a b "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. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  3. ^ Royal Geographical Society (1837). "North-Eastern Shore of Southampton Island". Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. 7. J. Murray: 466.