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  • proper noun A small island in the Nares Strait between Greenland and Canada, claimed by both Canada and Denmark.

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Examples

  • Bill Graham landed on Hans Island, which is claimed by Canada and Denmark, during a tour of Canadian military outposts in the region.

    Archive 2005-08-01 2005

  • In the face of a Russia paratroop drop over the North Pole - scheduled for next spring - and ongoing diplomatic tussles over the Northwest Passage, the continental shelf and a rump of rock known as Hans Island, Canada is stepping up its activity in the region.

    Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (Toronto Star: Bruce C 2009

  • The promised hydrocarbon bonanza is already manifesting itself in territorial claims - such as between Canada and Greenland over tiny Hans Island or Russia's act of planting a titanium flag underwater on the Lomonosov ridge to stake a claim on a huge exclusive economic zone.

    Bianca Jagger: Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum Bianca Jagger 2010

  • Norway spends around $1,200 per person, and Denmark building up for that fight with Canada for Hans Island spends around $800 per person.

    2009 June 09 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2009

  • Norway spends around $1,200 per person, and Denmark building up for that fight with Canada for Hans Island spends around $800 per person.

    Why Can’t Canada Buy A Mighty Military? Like Norway, For Instance « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2009

  • Actually the only sovereignty in question Hans Island aside is maritime; and the Yankees will own the satellite that tells us where their ships are.

    Our new satellite surveillance capability... 2008

  • DenmarkIceland, the UK, and Ireland dispute Denmark's claim that the Faroe Islands 'continental shelf extends beyond 200 nm; Faroese continue to study proposals for full independence; sovereignty dispute with Canada over Hans Island in the Kennedy Channel between Ellesmere Island and Greenland

    Disputes-international 2008

  • People still need to be reminded that, Hans Island aside, none of our land in the north is under any dispute.

    Northern Operation Nanook 08 2008

  • On Hans Island and Island disputed by Canada and Denmark the Canadian government has issued a permit to prospect for diamonds.

    The Polar War 2007

  • Denmark and Canada, of course, have had a long-running and much publicized disagreement over sovereignty of Hans Island in the Nares Strait.

    Climate Change and Foreign Policy~ Chapter 5 2007

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