Cape Sheridan
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Cape Sheridan is the northeastern point of Ellesmere Island, Canada.
Situated on the Lincoln Sea in the Arctic Ocean, Cape Sheridan is the closest point of land to the geographic North Pole, 820 km to the north.
Alert is located 20 km to the west and 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.