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Cape Sabine

Coordinates: 78°43′55″N 74°6′0″W / 78.73194°N 74.10000°W / 78.73194; -74.10000
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Cape Sabine
Cape Sabine is located in Nunavut
Cape Sabine
Cape Sabine
Cape Sabine is located in Canada
Cape Sabine
Cape Sabine
Coordinates: 78°43′55″N 74°6′0″W / 78.73194°N 74.10000°W / 78.73194; -74.10000
LocationPim Island,
Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut,  Canada
Offshore water bodiesSmith Sound
Area
 • TotalArctic
Topo mapNTS 39E11 (untitled)

Cape Sabine is a land point on Pim Island, off the eastern shores of the Johan Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, in the Smith Sound, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.

History

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The cape was named after Arctic explorer Sir Edward Sabine (1788–1883), was the site of the winter camp of Adolphus Greely and the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition in 1883–1884.[1]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ Guttridge, Leonard F. (2000-09-01). "Ghosts of Cape Sabine: the harrowing true story of the Greely expedition". Arctic Institute of North America of the University of Calgary. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
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