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Jun 15, 2022 · Historic accord creates a new land border between Canada and Denmark on the tiny Arctic island and the world’s longest maritime boundary
Jun 14, 2022 · The historic accord divides the 1.2-square-kilometre island roughly in half, creating a land border between Canada and Denmark (Greenland, or Kalaallit Nunaat, is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark) and the world’s longest maritime boundary at nearly 4,000 kilometres.
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Jun 13, 2022 · Canada and Denmark have been feuding over the 1.3 square kilometre Hans Island for nearly 50 years. Hans Island has been in Canada’s orbit since 1880, when Britain’s Arctic possessions were...
Jun 14, 2022 · A 50-year-long border dispute over an uninhabited Arctic island is drawing to a close as Denmark and Canada agree to end the so-called "Whisky War". Key points: Canada and Denmark plan to divide ...
Jun 15, 2022 · Canada and Denmark agreed in 1973 to create a border through Nares Strait, halfway between Greenland and Canada. But they were unable to agree which country would have sovereignty over Hans...
Jun 14, 2022 · Denmark and Canada signed an agreement Tuesday splitting up the land rights to Hans Island, a small piece of land in the Arctic that sits on the sea border between the two nations. Credit...
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June 10, 2022 – Meant as evidence on the possibility of diplomatic approaches while the Russian invasion of Ukraine developed, Canada and Denmark settled on a border across the island, dividing it between the Canadian territory of Nunavut and the semi-autonomous Danish constituent country of Greenland.