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Flag of Norfolk Island

The flag of Norfolk Island was adopted on 21 October 1980.

Flag of Norfolk Island
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The flag, in figures

Every fact about the flag, each with what it means.

Proportions
1:22 wide for every 1 high. 49 flags in the catalogue share it.
Properties
Normal flagFIAV symbol: the form of the flag.
Use
Civil and stateFIAV symbol: who may fly the flag.
Adopted
19796 June 1979 · 47 years ago
Colours
  • green
  • white
Reference shades: the official one may vary slightly.
Coat of arms
YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.
12

Take a closer look

  1. The three stripes

  2. 1

    The Norfolk pine

  3. 2

    The green stripes

How it is described

The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.

Vexillological description

Paño de proporción 1:2 con tres franjas verticales y un pino en el centro.

Franjas
tres verticales: sinople (verde) junto al asta, plata (blanca) en el centro, algo más ancha, y sinople (verde) en el batiente.
Pino
el pino de Norfolk (una araucaria alta y simétrica), de sinople (verde), centrado sobre la franja blanca y casi tan alto como el paño.

What it carries

Each element and how many of the 1,390 flags in the catalogue carry it. In yellow, the rarest.

The full story

How it was born, how it has changed and what it means.

How it came about

How it has changed

What it means

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Localisation

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Where it is and what borders it.

Capital
Kingston
Area
36 km²
Country
Territory of Norfolk Island
Continent
Oceania
Subregion
Australia and New Zealand
Independent state
No
UN member
No
ISO code
NFK · NF

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  2. 2. Which of these elements appears on the flag?

  3. 3. What are the proportions (height:width) of the flag?

  4. 4. In which year was the current flag adopted?

Sources

Text based on the article “Bandera de la Isla Norfolk” from the Spanish Wikipedia, published under the licence CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Credits

Flag image: Autor desconocido, Wikimedia Commons · CC0.

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