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The flag consists of a blue field with the French flag with white fimbriation on the canton. The charge consists of 5 stars (for the five regions of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories) and the letters "TAAF" (from the French name of the territory, Terres australes et antarctiques françaises) forming a monogram in the shape of anchor.
This is a list of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands. Antarctic islands are, in the strict sense, the islands around mainland Antarctica, situated on the Antarctic Plate, and south of the Antarctic Convergence. According to the terms of the Antarctic Treaty, claims to sovereignty over lands south of 60° S are not asserted. [1]
Original flag flown by the 'Discovery', stored at the Royal Museums Greenwich.. In 1929, members of the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition on RRS Discovery used white cotton sheeting to improvise a courtesy ensign (a flag used as a token of respect by vessels while in foreign waters) for a continent without a flag of its own.
Flag of Cook Islands. Flag of Niue. Flag of Tokelau. United Kingdom. ... List of country subdivision flags; List of former sovereign states; Lists of city flags
Pages in category "Flags of Antarctica" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009 ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4) L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map.
Flag of the Gambier Islands: Three horizontal stripes of equal width in the order white-blue-white charged with a blue star in each corner and a white star in the middle. Flag of the Marquesas Islands: A flag divided in to a top yellow half and a bottom red half with a white triangle in the hoist charged with the design of Maitiki. Flag of ...
List of countries by past and projected GDP (nominal) List of countries that border only one other country; List of flags by color; List of flags by color combination; List of island countries; List of islands by highest point; List of islands by name (S) List of islands by name (V) List of leaders of dependent territories; List of national ...