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Land point in Nunavut, Canada For the cape in the United States, see Cape Sabine (Alaska).

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
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.

History

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.

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.

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