Cape Sabine | |
Type: | Cape |
Map: | Canada Nunavut#Canada |
Map Relief: | yes |
Location: | Pim Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, |
Water Bodies: | Smith Sound |
Coordinates: | 78.7319°N -74.1°W |
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.
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]