The 10 closest countries to Canada
The 10 closest countries to Canada
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You can see this is an older map since Greenland is now at 0km thanks to the conclusion of the Whiskey War splitting up Hans Island down to the middle.
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Which makes France the 3rd closest. Something I never would have believed.
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The what now?
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Canada and Denmark had a very long territorial dispute (1973-2022) over Hans Island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Island
It was obviously a friendly dispute, but they did lower the other countries flag and raise their own, which could be considered a war declaration. They both left liquor every time they went to Hans Island to raise their flags. (Canada left whiskey, Denmark left snaps)
It has its own wiki article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisky_War
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Ngl I never noticed St Pierre was not part of Canada.
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would not have guessed that svalbard is closer to canada than chukotka
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Canada is insanely big, the second biggest country on earth. I did not know it is closer to Norway than Russia!