Hans Island - Wikipedia
Hans Island is the smallest of three islands in Kennedy Channel off the Washington Land coast; the others are Franklin Island and Crozier Island. The strait at this point is 35 km (22 mi) wide, placing the island within the territorial waters of both Canada and Denmark (Greenland).
Whisky War - Wikipedia
Hans Island as seen from the air in August 2012, with Ellesmere Island in the background. Hans Island (known as Tartupaluk in Greenlandic) is in the middle of the Kennedy Channel between Greenland and Ellesmere Island. Hans Island is approximately 1.3 km 2 in size and is barren.
The barren Arctic island that sparked Canada and Denmark’s …
2022年6月14日 · For 50 years, Hans Island, a tiny chunk of land in the Nares Strait between Greenland and Canada, was at the center of an often surreal territorial dispute between Canada and Denmark.
Canada and Denmark sign deal to divide uninhabited Arctic island
2022年6月13日 · Canada and Denmark have concluded a 50-year territorial dispute over an uninhabited Arctic island, signing a deal that will split Hans Island between the two countries.
Canada and Denmark End Their Arctic Whisky War - The New York Times
2022年6月14日 · Hans Island is just a desolate, kidney shaped piece of rock in the Arctic. But for 49 years, it has been the source of a rare territorial dispute for Canada because it sits right in the middle of...
Whisky Wars: Denmark and Canada strike deal to end 50-year row …
2022年6月14日 · Since 1971, the countries have been "fighting" the "Whisky Wars" to settle competing claims over Hans Island. Successive expeditions from Ottawa and Copenhagen have braved icy conditions to...
Danish-Canadian deal ends 49-year-old feud over Arctic isle - NBC News
2022年6月15日 · A territorial dispute between Denmark and Canada over Hans Island in the Arctic has come to an end, with the two countries agreeing on Tuesday to divide the tiny island between them.
Hans Island – Property of Canada or Denmark? - WorldAtlas
2019年5月28日 · Despite this, Canada and Denmark have shared a territorial dispute for almost a century. At the center of this dispute is a small outcropping known as Hans Island. The dispute over Hans Island is genuine, having soured Danish-Canadian relations for decades and remains unresolved to this day.
The Whisky War: A Tale of Peaceful Resolution over Hans Island
2024年6月13日 · Despite its unassuming appearance and lack of valuable mineral reserves, Hans Island has been the subject of a unique and prolonged border dispute between Denmark and Canada that lasted from 1973 to 2022.
Where is this tiny, uninhabited island and why has it caused
2022年6月16日 · A barren and uninhabited rock off the north-western coast of Greenland, Hans Island is not much to look at. Yet for 49 years, both Denmark and Canada have claimed ownership over the 1.3 square...