Sable,Cape

Sable,Cape
Sa·ble (sāʹbəl), Cape
1. A promontory of southern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is on an inlet south of Sable Island, a low sandy island often called “the Graveyard of the Atlantic” because of its hazard to navigation.
2. A cape at the southwest tip of Florida. Part of Everglades National Park, it is the southernmost extremity of the U.S. mainland.

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  • Cape Sable — geographical name see sable (Cape) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Cape Sable Island (Nova Scotia) — Cape Sable Island , locally referred to as Cape Island, is a small Canadian island located at the southernmost point of the Nova Scotia peninsula. Sometimes confused with Sable Island, Cape Sable Island forms the eastern limit to the Gulf of… …   Wikipedia

  • Cape Sable — Cape Sable, Florida is the southernmost point of the US mainland and mainland Florida. It is located in southwestern Florida, in Monroe County, and is part of the Everglades National Park. The cape is a peninsula issuing from the southeastern… …   Wikipedia

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  • Sable Island — Satellitenbild 1994 Gewässer Atlantischer Ozean Geographische Lage …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Sable Island — Infobox Settlement official name = Sable Island other name = île de Sable native name = nickname = settlement type = Station motto = imagesize = 250px image caption = Island from Space Shuttle, April 1994. Oriented clockwise through 225 degrees.… …   Wikipedia

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