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A flag of Antarctica is a flag or flag design that represents the continent of Antarctica. As a condominium with no single governing body, it does not have an official flag of its own. However, several designs have been created for the purpose of representing the continent. This should be distinguished from flags flown in Antarctica in general ...
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.
Flag of the British Antarctic Territory. Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory. Flag of the British Virgin Islands. Flag of the Cayman Islands. Flag of the Falkland Islands. Flag of Gibraltar. Flag of Montserrat. Flag of the Pitcairn Islands. Flag of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
The history of Antarctica emerges from early Western theories of a vast continent, known as Terra Australis, believed to exist in the far south of the globe. The term Antarctic, referring to the opposite of the Arctic Circle, was coined by Marinus of Tyre in the 2nd century AD. The rounding of the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn in the 15th and ...
Proposed flag of Antarctica (Whitney Smith).svg. English: A flag for Antarctica, proposed by Whitney Smith in 1978. The design was never adopted by any organization for official use; however it was occasionally spotted in books and on ships. More information can be found at Flags of the World - Antarctica — flag proposals: Whitney Smith's ...
T. Flag of the Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina. Categories: Culture of Antarctica. Flags by continent.
But it also says Figure 17 The first “official” raising of the Antarctica flag by any nation in Antarctica, 30 December 2002, by a Brazilian scientist at Ferraz. and Figure 14 Ted Kaye unfurls the Antarctica flag for the first time in Antarctica, on King George Island in the South Shetlands, 30 December 2002.
Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe, and has an area of 14,200,000 km 2 (5,500,000 sq mi). Most of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, with an average thickness of 1.9 km (1.2 mi).