Canada, Denmark reach settlement in decades-old border dispute

Canada and Denmark have reached a settlement in a decades-old border dispute over Hans Island, a 1.3-square-kilometer rock in the Arctic sea passage between Greenland and Ellesmere Island, Report informs referring to The Globe and Mail.

The Inuit name for the island is Tartupaluk – describing its kidney-like shape – and under the agreement, a border will be drawn across the island, dividing it between the Canadian territory of Nunavut and the semi-autonomous Danish territory of Greenland.

The Canadians and Danes plan to unveil the settlement on June 14.

The dispute over tiny Hans Island dates back to the early 1970s when the countries were negotiating their maritime boundary; they left the status of the islet for future negotiations.