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  2. Flag of the British Antarctic Territory - Wikipedia

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    The flag of the British Antarctic Territory was granted on 21 April 1998. [1] It features the coat of arms granted on 1 August 1963, a year after the British Antarctic Territory, a British Overseas Territory, was created. Previously, the Territory was a part of the Falkland Islands Dependencies and used the same flag. [2]

  3. Flag of Antarctica - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Historical flags of the British Empire and the overseas ...

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    British Empire flag of the Dangarsleigh War Memorial: An unofficial flag of the British Empire featuring its constituent dominions and India. A unique design was featured at the 1921 opening of the Dangarsleigh War Memorial, and it is still sometimes flown today on special occasions. [11] Post 1930–c. 1945: British Empire flag

  5. List of Antarctic flags - Wikipedia

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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.

  6. Gallery of flags of dependent territories - Wikipedia

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    View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions ... This overview contains the flags of dependent territories and other areas of ... Flag of the British ...

  7. Template:Flags of Antarctica - Wikipedia

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  8. This is a directory of flag pages intended for the use of everybody, especially members of the Heraldry and Vexilollogy WikiProject. It is intended for flags of all nations and organizations, within reason, and also includes many subnational entities with separate flag pages.

  9. History of Antarctica - Wikipedia

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    The crew of Hero were the second in history to sight the Antarctic Peninsula, located between 55 and 80 degrees west. Along with English sealer George Powell, Palmer also co-discovered the nearby South Orkney Islands archipelago. In 1823, James Weddell, a British sealer, sailed into what is now known as the Weddell Sea.