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Canada–Denmark relations Canada–Denmark relations refers to the current and historical relations between Canada and Denmark. Canada has an embassy in Copenhagen. Denmark has an embassy in Ottawa and a consulate-general in Toronto. Both countries are full members of NATO and the Arctic Council. Relations between the two countries have attracted attention in light of the dispute over Hans Island.
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Hans Island Hans Island (Greenlandic: "Tartupaluk"; Inuktitut: ᑕᕐᑐᐸᓗᒃ; French: "Île Hans" ] ; Danish: "Hans Ø" ) is a small, uninhabited barren knoll measuring 1.3 km2 , 1290 m long and 1199 m wide, located in the centre of the Kennedy Channel of Nares Strait—the strait that separates Ellesmere Island from northern Greenland and connects Baffin Bay with the Lincoln Sea. Hans Island is the smallest of three islands located in Kennedy Channel; the others are Franklin Island and Crozier Island. The strait is 35 km wide here, placing the island within the territorial waters of both Canada and Denmark. A theoretical line in the middle of the strait goes through the island.
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Buckingham Island Buckingham Island is a Canadian arctic island located in Norwegian Bay in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. The island lies immediately southwest of Graham Island and 50 km east of Cornwall Island. Buckingham Island is 10 km wide and has an area of 137 km2 . It is a part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands.
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Graham Island Graham Island is the largest island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago (formerly Queen Charlotte Islands), lying off the coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is separated only by a narrow channel from the other principal island of the group, Moresby Island ("Gwaii Haanas" in the language of the Haida people). It has a population of 4,475 (2001 census), an area of 6361 km² , and is the 101st largest island in the world, Canada's 22nd largest island.
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Ukasiksalik Island Ukasiksalik Island (also known as Newfoundland Island or Freestone Island) is a small island located on Davis Inlet, Labrador, Canada. It is part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, but is distinct from the island of Newfoundland, the largest and most populous island in the province.
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Labrador Peninsula The Labrador Peninsula is a large peninsula in eastern Canada. It is bounded by the Hudson Bay to the west, the Hudson Strait to the north, the Labrador Sea to the east, and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the southeast. The peninsula includes the region of Labrador, which is part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the regions of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Côte-Nord, and Nord-du-Québec, which are in the province of Quebec. It has an area of 1400000 km2 .
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Devon Island Devon Island (Inuit: "Tatlurutit") is the largest uninhabited island on Earth. It is located in Baffin Bay, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is one of the larger members of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, the second-largest of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Canada's sixth largest island, and the 27th-largest island in the world. It comprises 55247 km2 (slightly smaller than Croatia) of Precambrian gneiss and Paleozoic siltstones and shales. The highest point is the Devon Ice Cap at 1920 m which is part of the Arctic Cordillera. Devon Island contains several small mountain ranges, such as the Treuter Mountains, Haddington Range and the Cunningham Mountains.
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Kanaga Island Kanaga Island (Aleut: "Kanaga" ) is a part of the Andreanof Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. The island measures 30 mi long and between 4 - wide with an area of 142 sqmi , making it the 42nd largest island in the United States. The island's most notable feature is Mount Kanaga, a 4288 ft volcano which last erupted in 1995.
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King Island (Saskatchewan) King Island is a small island situated near the western shore of Waskesiu Lake. The island is named for William Lyon Mackenzie King, local Member of Parliament and Canadian Prime Minister who established Prince Albert National Park. The island features a hiking trail and picnic facilities. Prior to its current name the island was known locally as Devil's Island due to a Cree legend that claimed it was inhabited by supernatural creatures of a mischievous or demonic nature.
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Peberholm Peberholm ("Pepper Islet", Swedish: "Pepparholm" ), is a small artificial island in the Danish part of the Øresund strait, created as part of the Øresund Bridge connecting Denmark with Sweden. Peberholm is close to the small natural island of Saltholm ("Salt Islet"), and was named to complement it. Area:325 acres.
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Southampton Island Southampton Island (Inuktitut: "Shugliaq") is a large island at the entrance to Hudson Bay at Foxe Basin. One of the larger members of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Southampton Island is part of the Kivalliq Region in Nunavut, Canada. The area of the island is stated as 41,214 km2 by Statistics Canada. It is the 34th largest island in the world and Canada's ninth largest island. The only settlement on Southampton Island is Coral Harbour (pop. 834, Canada 2011 Census), called in Inuit "Salliq".
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Davis Strait Davis Strait (French: "Détroit de Davis" ) is a northern arm of the Labrador Sea. It lies between mid-western Greenland and Nunavut, Canada's Baffin Island. To the north is Baffin Bay. The strait was named for the English explorer John Davis (1550–1605), who explored the area while seeking a Northwest Passage. By the 1650s it was used for whale hunting.
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Triangle Island Triangle Island is a small island, approximately 119 ha in area, located off the northwestern tip of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It is situated approximately 45 km from Vancouver Island and 10 km from Sartine Island, Triangle Island's nearest neighbour in the Scott Islands group. The island is notable for being the location of British Columbia's largest seabird colony, hosting such species as the Cassin's auklet and the tufted puffin. The Cassin's auklet population is the world's largest. The island is administratively a part of the Scott Islands Marine Wildlife Area and is more specifically home to the Anne Vallée Triangle Island Ecological Reserve, named after a researcher who frequented the island and died there in an accident in 1982. Visiting the island requires permits from the British Columbia Ministry of Environment, and it is usually only frequented only by researchers. It is the westernmost and most remote island in British Columbia save for Haida Gwaii off the northern British Columbia coast. The island takes its name from its triangular appearance on sea navigation charts.
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Thor Island (Nunavut) Thor Island is one of the Canadian arctic islands in Nunavut, Canada. It lies south of Ellef Ringnes Island.
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Crown Prince Christian Land Crown Prince Christian Land (Danish: "Kronprins Christian Land" ) is a large peninsula in northern Greenland named after Crown Prince Christian, later Christian X of Denmark. It is a part of Northeast Greenland National Park.
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Lolland Lolland (] ; formerly spelled "Laaland", literally "low land") is the fourth largest island of Denmark, with an area of 1243 km2 . Located in the Baltic sea, it is part of Region Sjælland (Region Zealand). As of 1 January 2013, it has 62,578 inhabitants.
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Dannebrog Island Dannebrog Island (Danish: "Dannebrogsø" ) is an uninhabited island of the King Christian IX Land coast, Sermersooq municipality, southern Greenland. The island was named by officer of the Danish Navy Wilhelm August Graah.
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Glover Island Glover Island is a large (178 km²) lake island in the interior of the Island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is the 18th largest lake island in the world by area. The island is located in Grand Lake, a natural lake whose waters were raised for the Deer Lake Power Development. Historic maps show that Glover Island pre-dates this .
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Nunavut Nunavut ( ; from Inuktitut: syllabics ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ] ; ] ) is the newest, largest, and northernmost territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the boundaries had been contemplatively drawn in 1993. The creation of Nunavut resulted in the first major change to Canada's political map since the incorporation of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1949.
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Kalmar Strait The Kalmar Strait, "Kalmarsund", is a strait in the Baltic Sea, located between the Swedish island of Öland and the province of Småland of the Swedish mainland. The strait is about 130 km long and between 5 km and 25 km in width.
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Sverdrup Islands The Sverdrup Islands is an archipelago of the northern Queen Elizabeth Islands, in Nunavut, Canada. The islands are situated in the Arctic Ocean, west of Ellesmere Island from 77° to 81° North and 85° to 106° West.
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Alikdjuak Island Alikdjuak Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Davis Strait, southeast of Baffin Island's Cumberland Peninsula and north of Auyuittuq National Park Reserve. Other islands in the immediate vicinity include Idjuniving Island, Kekerturnak Island, Manitung Island, Nedlukseak Island, and Nunatsiaq Island.