The tiny island, referred to as Tartupaluk in the Inuit language, is located between Greenland and Canada in Kennedy Channel of Nares Strait. Canada and Denmark ended up roughly dividing the 1.2 km² island down the middle between them. Discussions on the border regime for eventual visitors to Hans Island are still ongoing, but for Inuit in Canada’s Arctic territory of Nunavut and Greenland’s county of Avanersuaq, the island will remain completely accessible. The new boundary agreed to on Hans Island runs from north to south along a ravine. Canada and Denmark’s foreign ministers said the agreement was an example of nations resolving territorial disputes peacefully, especially in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Source: CBC News June 15, 2022 20:06 UTC