Mount Minto (Nunavut)
Mount Minto | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 213 m (699 ft) |
Coordinates | 63°57′N 80°59′W / 63.950°N 80.983°WCoordinates: 63°57′N 80°59′W / 63.950°N 80.983°W |
Geography | |
Location | Bell Peninsula, Southampton Island, Nunavut, Canada |
Topo map | NTC 45P15 |
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[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Royal Geographical Society (1837). "North-Eastern Shore of Southampton Island". Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. J. Murray. 7: 466.
Categories:
- Mountains of Kivalliq Region
- Mountains of Canada under 1000 metres
- Kivalliq Region, Nunavut geography stubs