Cape Sabine | |
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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) |
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.
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]