# Minto Islands

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Island group in Nunavut, Canada

Minto Islands Minto Islands Show map of Nunavut Minto Islands Show map of Canada Geography Location Northern Canada Coordinates 68°34′N 105°15′W / 68.567°N 105.250°W / 68.567; -105.250 (Minto Islands) Archipelago Arctic Archipelago Area 2 km2 (0.77 sq mi) Administration Canada Territory Nunavut Region Kitikmeot

The **Minto Islands** are a [Canadian Arctic island](/source/Canadian_Arctic_islands) group in the [Nunavut](/source/Nunavut) Territory. The islands lie in the western portion of [Queen Maud Gulf](/source/Queen_Maud_Gulf), between Kent Peninsula on Nunavut's mainland, and [Melbourne Island](/source/Melbourne_Island). Back Point, [Victoria Island](/source/Victoria_Island_(Canada)) is approximately 47.9 km (29.8 mi) to the north. [1]

In early spring, the Minto Islands are a caribou migration path from the mainland back northward to Victoria Island.[2]

The islands are named after [Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto](/source/Gilbert_Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Minto), first lord of the admiralty from 1835 to 1841, during the expedition of Sir [John Henry Pelly](/source/John_Henry_Pelly), governor of the [Hudson's Bay Company](/source/Hudson's_Bay_Company).

In July 1839, Sir [George Back](/source/George_Back) explored the region as well.[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Geographic features & Photographs around Back Point, in Nunavut, Canada"](http://travelingluck.com/North%20America/Canada/Nunavut/_5889073_Back+Point.html#themap). travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2008-05-30.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Gunn, A.; Buchan, A.; Fournier, B.; Nishi, J. (1997). ["Victoria Island caribou migrations across Dolphin and Union Strait and Coronation Gulf from the mainland coast, 1976-94"](https://web.archive.org/web/20041117021349/http://www.nwtwildlife.com/Publications/ManuscriptReports/Reports/94.htm). *Abstract*. nwtwidlife.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.nwtwildlife.com/Publications/ManuscriptReports/Reports/94.htm) on November 17, 2004. Retrieved 2008-05-30.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Hanbury, David T (1904). [*Sport and travel in the northland of Canada*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Q1gCAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Minto+Islands%22&pg=PR30). London: E. Arnold.

- ["Information on "Minto Islands""](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). Natural Resources, Atlas of Canada. 29 December 2014.

- Dease, Peter Warren; Barr, William (2002). [*From Barrow to Boothia : the Arctic journal of Chief Factor Peter Warren Dease, 1836-1839*](https://archive.org/details/frombarrowtoboot0000deas). Montreal: [McGill-Queen's University Press](/source/McGill-Queen's_University_Press). p. [324](https://archive.org/details/frombarrowtoboot0000deas/page/324). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7735-2253-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7735-2253-0). Minto Islands.

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