Canada and Denmark signed an agreement to settle the territorial dispute around the 1.3 square kilometer island of Gansa in the Arctic Ocean, the website of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

The countries had previously agreed that a boundary would be drawn over Gansa Island, dividing it between the Canadian territory of Nunavut and the semi-autonomous Danish territory of Greenland.

"Today, Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, and Jeppe Kofod, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, along with Múte B. Egede, Prime Minister of Greenland, signed an agreement in Ottawa resolving outstanding boundary issues over Tartupaluk (Hans Island); the maritime boundary on the continental shelf within 200 nautical miles, including the Lincoln Sea; and the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles in the Labrador Sea," the Danish Foreign Ministry website says.