# Weird smile of land in the sea, what is this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 9, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smile-of-land-in-the-sea-what-is-this/467181 "2008-10-09T16:47:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smile-of-land-in-the-sea-what-is-this/467181/1 "2008-10-09T16:47:55Z")
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=43.983922,-59.913254&spn=0.368077,0.617981&t=h&z=11 ---
**Author:** ![pipper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c2a13f/32.png) [@pipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pipper)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smile-of-land-in-the-sea-what-is-this/467181/2 "2008-10-09T16:55:03Z")
Sable Island. > **[Sable Island](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sable_Island)** > > Sable Island (French: île de Sable, literally "island of sand") is a small Canadian island situated 300 km (190 mi) southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and about 175 km (109 mi) southeast of the closest point of mainland Nova Scotia in the North Atlantic Ocean. The island is staffed year round by three federal government staff, rising during summer months when research projects and tourism increase. Notable for its role in early Canadian history and the Sable Island horse, the island is protect... ---
**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smile-of-land-in-the-sea-what-is-this/467181/3 "2008-10-09T16:55:19Z")
[Sable Island](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sable_Island) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smile-of-land-in-the-sea-what-is-this/467181/4 "2008-10-09T17:30:07Z")
What’s up with this [Miniature Map of North America](http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=28.7458,-81.48757&spn=0.019302,0.032358&t=h&z=15), right in Central Florida? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-smile-of-land-in-the-sea-what-is-this/467181/5 "2008-10-09T17:34:42Z")
Wasn’t Sable Island the one referenced in Junger’s The Perfect Storm? Tis a bleak looking place. ETA: Just found it in the Wiki Trivia. That’d be a “yes.”