Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
See also: List of Fijian flags: A cyan British Blue Ensign defaced with the shield of Fiji's Coat of Arms in the fly half. 1979 – Flag of Kiribati: 1979 – Flag of the Marshall Islands: 1978 – Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia: 1968 – Flag of Nauru See also: List of Nauruan flags: 1902 – Flag of New Zealand See also: List of ...
Sport in Oceania varies from country to country. The most popular playing sport for men in Australia is Australian rules football, [1] while for women is netball. Australian rules football is the most popular sport in terms of spectatorship and television ratings. [2][3][4] Rugby union is the most popular sport among New Zealanders, [5] while ...
This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the geographical region of Oceania. Although it is mostly ocean and spans many tectonic plates, Oceania is occasionally listed as one of the continents. Most of this list follows the boundaries of geopolitical Oceania, which includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and ...
F. Flags of Oceania (1 C, 2 P) National symbols of French Polynesia (2 C, 4 P)
The Pacific Games (French: Jeux du Pacifique), is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from Oceania. The inaugural Games took place in 1963 in Suva, Fiji, and most recently in 2023 in Honiara, Solomon Islands. The Games were called the South Pacific Games from 1963 to 2007.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) uses icons, flags, and symbols to elevate the Olympic Games. These symbols include those commonly used during Olympic competitions such as the flame, fanfare, and theme and those used throughout the years, such as the Olympic flag. The Olympic flag was created in 1913 under the guidance of Baron de ...
It is a part of the Lists of country subdivision flags, which is split into continents due to its size. For purposes of this article, Oceania is taken to comprise Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. The principal subdivisions are generally the ones that are identified as first-order subdivisions under the ISO 3166-2 coding scheme.
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.