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Cape Sabine
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

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 edit

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]

^ 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.

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