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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| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Government of Nunavut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
one of the northernmost land points in the world
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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
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polar bears ⓘ seals in adjacent waters ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arctic Archipelago
NERFINISHED
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Arctic Ocean region NERFINISHED ⓘ Canadian Arctic NERFINISHED ⓘ Ellesmere Island NERFINISHED ⓘ High Arctic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Nunavut
NERFINISHED
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Qikiqtaaluk Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Alert, Nunavut
NERFINISHED
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Hall Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Lincoln Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Robeson Channel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | northeastern coast of Ellesmere Island ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Sheridan (historical namesake, likely a person) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestSettlement | Alert, Nunavut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | role in North Pole exploration history ⓘ |
| partOf | Ellesmere Island coastline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
NERFINISHED
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Robert Peary NERFINISHED ⓘ members of the Peary Arctic Club expeditions ⓘ |
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