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.
Cape Sabine | |
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  Cape Sabine  Cape Sabine | |
| Coordinates: 78°43′55″N 74°6′0″W / 78.73194°N 74.10000°W | |
| Location | Pim Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut,  Canada |
| Offshore water bodies | Smith Sound |
| Area | |
| • Total | Arctic |
| Topo map | NTS 39E11 (untitled) |
History
editThe 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
editReferences
edit- ^ 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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