Sable, Cape

Sable, Cape
geographical name 1. cape at SW tip of Florida; southernmost point of United States mainland, at about 25°7′N 2. headland E Canada on an islet S of Cape Sable Island (7 miles or 11 kilometers long, at S end of Nova Scotia)

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • 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 …   Universalium

  • 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

  • Cape Sable — Carte topographique de l USGS. Cape Sable est le point le plus méridional de la Floride continentale et des États Unis continentaux. Il est situé au sud ouest de la Floride, dans le comté de Monroe et fait partie du parc national des Everglades.… …   Wikipédia en Français

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

  • Sable — [sā′bəl] [< Fr, sand < L sabulum, SAND] 1. Cape cape at the S tip of Fla.: southernmost point of the U.S. mainland: c. 20 mi (32 km) long 2. Cape cape at the S tip of Nova Scotia …   English World dictionary

  • 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

  • Sable — For other uses, see Sable (disambiguation). Sable Conservation status …   Wikipedia

  • Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow — Taxobox name = Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow status = EN | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 200px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Emberizidae genus = Ammodramus species = A. maritimus subspecies …   Wikipedia

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