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Its location in the strait that separates Ellesmere Island of Canada from northern Greenland was for years a border dispute, the so-called Whisky War between the two countries of Canada and Denmark. 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 border between Danish and Icelandic EEZ runs along the Denmark Strait between Iceland and Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark, and between Iceland and Faroe Islands, Kingdom of Denmark. Hans Island, an island in Nares Strait, was the subject of a territorial dispute between Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark and Canada. On 11 June 2022 the island was ...
The Whisky War, also known as the Liquor Wars, [1] was a bloodless war and border dispute between the Kingdom of Denmark and Canada over Hans Island.Between 1973 and 2022, the island was under dispute between the two nations, although never amounting to direct conflict or violence.
The decision by Ottawa and Copenhagen to split tiny, uninhabited Hans Island means that the U.S. will no longer be the only country to border Canada. Canada and Denmark end their 49-year-old feud ...
Countries by land border length Antarctica and countries in purple are those without any land border. This list gives the number of distinct land borders of each country or territory, as well as the neighboring countries and territories. The length of each border is included, as is the total length of each country's or territory's borders. [1]
The international border between Canada and the United States, with Yukon on one side and Alaska on the other, circa 1900-1923 [1]. The borders of Canada include: . To the south and west: An international boundary with the United States, forming the longest shared border in the world, 8,893 km (5,526 mi); [2] (Informally referred as the 49th parallel north which makes up the boundary at parts.
Kingdom of Denmark Canada: 1,280 m A constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark, Greenland had a border dispute with Canada regarding uninhabited Hans Island. The island is located in the centre of the Kennedy Channel of Nares Strait (between Canada's Ellesmere Island and northern Greenland), which constitutes the agreed maritime border. On ...
The cross-hatched wedge-shaped region in the east is claimed by both Canada and the United States Map including the border area. There is an ongoing dispute involving a wedge-shaped slice on the International Boundary in the Beaufort Sea, between the Canadian territory of Yukon and the American state of Alaska. [64]