Cape Sable Island

Cape Sable Island
geographical name island 7 miles (11 kilometers) long Canada off S coast of Nova Scotia

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • Sable Island — geographical name island Canada 20 miles (32 kilometers) long in the Atlantic SE of Cape Canso; belongs to Nova Scotia …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • 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

  • 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

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