{{Short description|Island group in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox Islands | name = Minto Islands | image_name = | image_caption = | image_size = | pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut#Canada | native_name = | native_name_link = Inuktitut | nickname = | location = [[Northern Canada]] | coordinates = {{coord|68|34|N|105|15|W|region:CA-NU_type:isle|display=inline,title|name=Minto Islands}} | archipelago = [[Arctic Archipelago]] | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = 2 <!-- | area = {{convert|2|km2|abbr=on}} --> | highest_mount = | elevation_m = | country = Canada | country_admin_divisions_title = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Territory]] | country_admin_divisions = [[Nunavut]] | country_largest_city= | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = [[Regions of Nunavut|Region]] | country_admin_divisions_1 = [[Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut|Kitikmeot]] | country_admin_divisions_title_2 = | country_admin_divisions_2 = | country_largest_city_population = | country_leader_title = | country_leader_name = | population = | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = | additional_info = }}
The '''Minto Islands''' are a [[Canadian Arctic islands|Canadian Arctic island]] group in the [[Nunavut]] Territory. The islands lie in the western portion of [[Queen Maud Gulf]], between Kent Peninsula on Nunavut's mainland, and [[Melbourne Island]]. Back Point, [[Victoria Island (Canada)|Victoria Island]] is approximately {{convert|47.9|km|abbr=on}} to the north. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://travelingluck.com/North%20America/Canada/Nunavut/_5889073_Back+Point.html#themap |title=Geographic features & Photographs around Back Point, in Nunavut, Canada |access-date=2008-05-30 |publisher=travelingluck.com}}</ref>
In early spring, the Minto Islands are a caribou migration path from the mainland back northward to Victoria Island.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nwtwildlife.com/Publications/ManuscriptReports/Reports/94.htm |title=Victoria Island caribou migrations across Dolphin and Union Strait and Coronation Gulf from the mainland coast, 1976-94. |access-date=2008-05-30 |last=Gunn |first=A. |author2=Buchan, A. |author3=Fournier, B. |author4=Nishi, J. |date=1997 |work=Abstract |publisher=nwtwidlife.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041117021349/http://www.nwtwildlife.com/Publications/ManuscriptReports/Reports/94.htm |archive-date=November 17, 2004 }}</ref>
The islands are named after [[Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto]], first lord of the admiralty from 1835 to 1841, during the expedition of Sir [[John Henry Pelly]], governor of the [[Hudson's Bay Company]].
In July 1839, Sir [[George Back]] explored the region as well.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q1gCAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Minto+Islands%22&pg=PR30 |title=Sport and travel in the northland of Canada |last=Hanbury |first= David T |year=1904 |publisher=E. Arnold |location=London }}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}} *{{Cite web |url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map?mapsize=428%20380&lat=68.566700001&long=-105.25&mapxy=-404295.194262+2163279.46633&scale=5000000&feature_na=Minto+Islands&location1=62&unique_key=0c71cf67849c20c3ee5499b315ec61dd&searchstring=Minto%20Islands&entity=ISL&layers=fapfeature+fapfeature%20north_arrow%20other_features%20million_grid%20t50k_grid%20grid_50k_3%20roads%20hydrography%20boundary%20builtup%20vegetation%20populated_places%20railway%20power_network%20manmade_features%20designated_areas%20water_features%20water_saturated_soils%20relief%20contours%20toponymy%20contour%20nodata_ntdb_50k&urlappend=%26unique_key%3D0c71cf67849c20c3ee5499b315ec61dd%26map.layer%5Btextzoom03%5D%3DFEATURE+POINTS+-404846.710321+2163692.80556+END+TEXT+%22Minto%2BIslands%22+END%26map.layer%5Btextzoom46%5D%3DFEATURE+POINTS+-404846.710321+2163692.80556+END+TEXT+%22Minto%2BIslands%22+END%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom0%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom1%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom2%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom0outline%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom1outline%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom2outline%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Barrowzoom03%5D%3DFEATURE+POINTS+-404846.710321+2163692.80556+END+END |title=Information on "Minto Islands" |date=29 December 2014 |publisher=Natural Resources, Atlas of Canada }} *{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/frombarrowtoboot0000deas |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/frombarrowtoboot0000deas/page/324 324] |quote=Minto Islands. |title=From Barrow to Boothia : the Arctic journal of Chief Factor Peter Warren Dease, 1836-1839 |last=Dease |first= Peter Warren |author2=Barr, William |year=2002 |publisher=[[McGill-Queen's University Press]] |location=Montreal |isbn=0-7735-2253-0}}
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