Cape Sabine

For the cape in the United States, see Cape Sabine (Alaska).

Cape Sabine

Location	Pim Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada
Coordinates	78°43′55″N 74°6′0″W / 78.73194°N 74.10000°W / 78.73194; -74.10000Coordinates: 78°43′55″N 74°6′0″W / 78.73194°N 74.10000°W / 78.73194; -74.10000
Offshore water bodies	Smith Sound
Area	Arctic

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

This headland was the site of the winter camp of Adolphus Greely and the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition in 1883/84.^[1]

This cape was named after Arctic explorer Sir Edward Sabine (1788-1883).

Pim Island. Photographed in 2005

Pim Island to the memory of dead men from the expedition of Adolphus Greely. Photographed in 2005

↑ 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.

Peninsulas of Nunavut

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