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The territorial flag is a dark blue field with a narrow red border on all sides. The red border – a later addition – represents the blood spilled during World War II and earlier Spanish sovereignty. In the center of the flag is the Seal of Guam; almond in shape, it depicts a proa sailing in Hagåtña Bay near Hagåtña, and GUAM in red letters.
Guam is located on the micro Mariana Plate between the two. Guam is the closest land mass to the Mariana Trench, the deep subduction zone that runs east of the Marianas. Volcanic eruptions established the base of the island in the Eocene, roughly 56 to 33.9 million years ago.
Flag of Guam [20] United States (unincorporated and organized territory) ... Flag of the British Solomon Islands [74] British blue ensign defaced with the colonial ...
Flag: The Flag of Guam: February 9, 1948 Seal: The Seal of Guam: 1946 Nickname: Nicknames: Tano y Chamorro (Land of the Chamorro) [1] Hub of the Pacific; Gateway to Micronesia [2] Song "Stand Ye Guamanians" 1919 Bird: Guam rail: Flower: Bougainvillea spectabilis [3] 1968 Quarter: Quarter of Guam: May 26, 2009 License Plate: License Plate of ...
According to the Collins English Dictionary, a national flag is "a flag that represents or is an emblem of a country." [1] The word country can be used to refer to a sovereign state, sometimes also called an independent state. [2] It is customary in international law that states adopt a flag to distinguish themselves from other states. [3]
The Seal of Guam appears in the middle of the flag of the United States territory of Guam. It depicts Agaña Bay near Hagåtña, a local proa and a coconut tree. Charles Alan Pownall approved the seal in 1946. [1] It depicts a coconut palm on the shore with a sailboat nearby on the water. The name "Guam" appears in red across the center of the ...
English: The flag of Guam, courtesy an e-mail from the author of xrmap. Modifications by Denelson83. Español: Bandera de Guam. Français : Le drapeau de Guam.
In 1946, the seal of Guam was approved by Naval Governor Charles Alan Pownall. Later on February 9, 1948, the current flag of the territory was adopted. [4] On August 1, 1950, the Guam Organic Act of 1950 was signed into law by President Harry S. Truman, making Guam an organized territory.