Mount Minto (Nunavut)

For other uses, see Mount Minto (disambiguation).

Mount Minto
Elevation	213 m (699 ft)
Location
Location	Bell Peninsula, Southampton Island, Nunavut, Canada
Coordinates	63°57′N 80°59′W / 63.95°N 80.983°W / 63.95; -80.983 (Mount Minto)Coordinates: 63°57′N 80°59′W / 63.95°N 80.983°W / 63.95; -80.983 (Mount Minto)
Topo map	NTC 45P/15

Mount Minto (previously, Conical Hill)^[1] 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.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{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. http://www.archive.org/stream/narrativeofexped00back/narrativeofexped00back_djvu.txt. Retrieved 2008-10-14. 
2. ^ Royal Geographical Society (1837). "North-Eastern Shore of Southampton Island". Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London (J. Murray) 7: 466. http://books.google.com/?id=PuG9YI3W9CEC&pg=PA466&lpg=PA466&dq=%22mount+minto%22+southampton.