The new border ends one of the most passive-aggressive boundary disputes in history!
Canada and Denmark signed an agreement on Tuesday that formally defined their Arctic marine boundary and settles the question of Hans Island’s ownership. The island will be split, with about 60 percent of the rock becoming Denmark and the rest becoming Canada. 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.
November 29, 2012 – Canada and Denmark settle an agreement on the exact border between them, though without defining the border near Hans Island. After decades of protracted conflict, Canada officially has a new neighbour, Denmark. Canada and Denmark agreed in 1973 to create a border through Nares Strait, halfway between Greenland and Canada. But they were unable to agree on which country would have sovereignty over Hans Island, which lies about 680 miles (1,100 km) south of the North Pole. In the end, they decided to work out the question of ownership later.
Finally, after years of conflict, the two countries have reached an agreement and have officially split the island in two, making Canada and Denmark officially land neighbours. July 2007 – Canada updates satellite photos and recognizes its line constructed for the earlier maritime agreement would have run roughly through the middle of the island; negotiations continue with Denmark over establishing an international land boundary or island sovereignty.
The two countries agreed to divide an island between Canada and Greenland and define the area’s international border. Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail reported on June 10, 2022, that the Canadian and Danish governments had settled on a border across the island, dividing it between the Canadian territory of Nunavut and the Danish constituent country of Greenland, to be formally unveiled on June 14, 2022.
On June 10, 2022, 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 to be unveiled on June 14, 2022. After decades of sometimes vigorous disagreement, sovereign claims to Hans Island were resolved with the decision to bisect the island, creating a one-kilometre-long border (0.6 miles) between Canada and Greenland, an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
