Flag of the Falkland Islands
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Flag of the Falkland Islands, 1999-present. Flag ratio: 1:2The flag of the Falkland Islands was adopted on September 29, 1948. It is a Blue Ensign with the Union Flag in the canton and the Coat of Arms of the Falkland Islands superimposed.
The Falkland Island Dependencies had their own flag, what is now the Flag of the British Antarctic Territory, and did not use the Falkland Islands flag. However, when the British Antarctic Territory was created in 1963, the islands of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands remained dependencies of the Falkland Islands, and reverted to using the Falkands flag until 1985 when they became a separate overseas territory, and gained their own flag.
During the Falklands War, when Argentina occupied the islands, the flag was banned and in its place the Argentine Republic's flag was raised. Currently, Argentina maintains that the islands are part of the Tierra del Fuego Province and considers the province's flag to be the islands' flag, although it has never been flown on them.
A Red Ensign with the Falklands coat of arms superimposed was adopted in 1998 and is used as the Islands' civil ensign. Previously the plain red ensign was used by ships in the territorial waters around the Falklands.
The Governor of the Falkland Islands uses a Union Flag defaced with the coat of arms.
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Geography
Barren Island · Beaver Island · Beauchene Island · Bleaker Island · Carcass Island · East Falkland (Lafonia) · George Island · Golding Island · Jason Islands · Keppel Island · Lively Island · New Island · Pebble Island · Ruggles Island · Saunders Island · Sea Lion Island · Speedwell Island · Staats Island · Swan Islands · Weddell Island · West Falkland · West Point Island
Locations
Airport · Camp · Darwin · Fox Bay · Goose Green · Port Egmont · Port Howard · Port Louis · Port San Carlos · Salvador · San Carlos · Stanley
Politics and government | Military
Government House · Governor · Legislative Council · Sovereignty · Flag · Coat of arms | British Forces South Atlantic Islands · Falkland Islands Defence Force · RAF Mount Pleasant
Society
Communications · Culture · History · Transport · Web domain
Overseas territories: Anguilla | Bermuda | British Antarctic Territory | British Indian Ocean Territory | British Virgin Islands | Cayman Islands | Falkland Islands | Gibraltar | Montserrat | Pitcairn Islands | Saint Helena | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | Tristan da Cunha | Turks and Caicos Islands
Crown dependencies: Guernsey (Alderney) | Jersey | Isle of Man
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