Cape Sabine (Alaska)

Cape Sabine is a cape at Chukchi Sea in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States.[1]

Cape Sabine was named in 1826, likely for Edward Sabine, an Irish explorer.[2]

The Cape Sabine DEW Line Station was an airport located at the cape.[3]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cape Sabine
  2. ↑ Geological Survey (U.S.) (1960). Geological Survey Professional Paper. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 53.
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cape Sabine Airport (historical)

Coordinates: 68°55′00″N 164°36′15″W / 68.91667°N 164.60417°W / 68.91667; -164.60417


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