Cape Sheridan

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Cape Sheridan is a remote headland on the northeastern coast of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada, known as one of the northernmost land points in the world and a historic jumping-off site for early North Pole expeditions.

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Cape Sheridan canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf headland ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
coordinateLatitude approximately 82.47° N ⓘ
coordinateLongitude approximately 61.50° W ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
distanceToAlert approximately 13 km east ⓘ
distanceToNorthPole approximately 840 km ⓘ
expeditionStagingAreaFor Robert Peary’s 1908–1909 North Pole expedition ⓘ
governedBy Government of Nunavut ⓘ
hasCharacteristic one of the northernmost land points in the world ⓘ
remote ⓘ
sparsely inhabited ⓘ
hasClimate polar climate ⓘ
hasEcosystem polar desert ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature camp sites of early polar expeditions ⓘ
hasNoPermanentPopulation true ⓘ
hasVegetationType sparse Arctic tundra ⓘ
hasWildlife Arctic foxes ⓘ
polar bears ⓘ
seals in adjacent waters ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
Arctic Ocean region ⓘ
linked to: Arctic Ocean

Canadian Arctic ⓘ
linked to: Arctic Canada

Ellesmere Island ⓘ
High Arctic ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Nunavut ⓘ
Qikiqtaaluk Region ⓘ
locatedNear Alert, Nunavut ⓘ
Hall Basin ⓘ
Lincoln Sea ⓘ
Robeson Channel ⓘ
locatedOn northeastern coast of Ellesmere Island ⓘ
namedAfter Sheridan (historical namesake, likely a person) ⓘ
linked to: Sheridan
nearestSettlement Alert, Nunavut ⓘ
notableFor role in North Pole exploration history ⓘ
partOf Ellesmere Island coastline ⓘ
linked to: Arctic coast
seaIceConditions multi-year sea ice common ⓘ
summerTimeZone UTC−4 ⓘ
timeZone UTC−5 ⓘ
transportAccess primarily by air via Alert and by seasonal ice travel ⓘ
usedAs jumping-off site for early North Pole expeditions ⓘ
visitedBy Matthew Henson ⓘ
Robert Peary ⓘ
linked to: Robert E. Peary

members of the Peary Arctic Club expeditions ⓘ

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