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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.
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.
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Flags of Antarctica" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 ...
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Flag of the Administrator of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (2005–present)
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Flag of Antarctica; used by: Antarctica current since: never created by: Graham Bartram format: 3:2 shape: rectangular FIAV: ↑: colours: blue, white other characteristics: flag includes a map of the territory of Antarctica
This image from the Xrmap flag collection (source: flags-2.6-src.tar.bz2). The README file in that collection says of the SVG flags "We release them in the public domain". Public domain Public domain false false