Reminds me of Hans Island, where there was a longtime border dispute between Canada and Denmark over a tiny island off of Newfoundland. They would each take each other's flag and replace it with their own, as well as a well known alcoholic beverage from each country. It was also settled peacefully, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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what was the settlement?
They agreed to just split the island in half as the border, so now Canada and Denmark share a border.
They just kinda drew a line down the middle iirc
Mother earth said fuck yo dispute
This is exactly the plot of Terry Pratchett's "Jingo" Discworld novel...
Life uh… finds a way…
That might be the easiest way of a land issue being settled
lol
Leshp_irl
lmao
Apparently it used to be 2500sq km based on US satellite. 1970 it emerged after a cyclone, 1974 US got the satellite measurement, 1985 it disappeared after a cyclone and 1989 to 1990 it was gone.