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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.
Re-scaled the dimensions of the flag. Fixed the shape of the stars, made clones, and rounded the transforms of the stars. Re-sized both of the blue rectangles to avoid transparency. Kept colours. Grouped everything together. 19:46, 31 October 2020: 2,400 × 1,200 (2 KB) Germenfer: Uploaded own work with UploadWizard
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.
This flag is fictitious, proposed, or locally used unofficially. It has not been adopted in an official capacity, and although it may be named as if it was an official flag of a geographical or other entity and have some visual elements that are similar to official logos or flags of that entity, it does not have any official recognition.
Reverted to version as of 16:01, 3 September 2020 (UTC). This color shown for the website's design does not necessarily mean the flag is this color. Per FOTW, The flag is derived from the ATS emblem adopted in Warsaw (25th CPAT, 10-20 September 2002) by Decision Number 2 of 20 September 2002, in color Pantone 295 C: 15:44, 4 August 2022
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 proposal.
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