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
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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