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According to the flag's promoters, it signifies: "Horizontal stripes of navy and white represent the long days and nights at Antarctica's extreme latitude. In the center, a lone white peak erupts from a field of snow and ice, echoing those of the bergs, mountains, and pressure ridges that define the Antarctic horizon.
Greenland first entertained the idea of a flag of its own in 1973 when five Greenlanders proposed a green, white and blue flag. The following year, a newspaper solicited eleven design proposals (all but one of which was a Nordic cross) and polled the people to determine the most popular. [4] Construction sheet of the flag of Greenland
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.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... This overview contains the flags of dependent territories and other areas of special ... Flag of Greenland. Finland. Flag of ...
(non-free flag) Rochester, New York (unofficial) 1979–present 1. FLOUR CITY 2. FLOWER CITY 3. CITY OF ROCHESTER, N.Y. Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington: 1. Diocese of Arlington 1. Virginia, U.S.A. Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn: DIOCESE OF BROOKLYN: Roman Catholic Diocese of Greensburg: 1. DIOCESE OF GREENSBURG 1. Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... This is a list of flags that are inscribed with written text. The flags are divided by language of the text ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Flags by country (112 C, ... National symbols of Greenland (1 C, 3 P) National symbols of Grenada ...
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