Cape Sheridan

Cape Sheridan

Cape Sheridan (82°27'N 61°27W) is on the northeastern coast of Ellesmere Island, Canada situated on the Lincoln Sea in the Arctic Ocean. It is one of the closest points of land to the geographic North Pole, approx convert|840|km|abbr=on to the north, Cape Columbia is however some convert|75|km|abbr=on closer to the Pole.

Cape Sheridan was the wintering site of Robert Peary's final quest to reach the north pole in 1908/1909; the Cape Sheridan Depot being located there.

Alert, the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world, is located convert|12|km|abbr=on to the west.


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