Flag of the Falkland Islands

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Blue Ensign national flag

The Flag of the Falkland Islands is a Blue Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms, symbolizing its status as a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Falkland Islands coat of arms in the fly	1
Falkland Islands flag	1
Flag of Saint Helena	1
earlier badge-only Blue Ensign of the Falkland Islands	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Blue Ensign ⓘ national flag ⓘ
adopted	1948-09-29 ⓘ
blueShade	navy blue ⓘ
category	Blue Ensign ⓘ surface form: Blue Ensigns Flags introduced in 1948 ⓘ Flags of British Overseas Territories ⓘ Flags with crosses ⓘ
coatOfArmsFeatures	ram ⓘ sailing ship Desire ⓘ shield ⓘ
coatOfArmsMotto	Desire the Right ⓘ
country	Falkland Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
defacedWith	coat of arms of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
designerOfCoatOfArms	Major G. L. M. Clauson ⓘ
designType	defaced Blue Ensign ⓘ
fieldColor	blue ⓘ
geographicRegion	South Atlantic ⓘ surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
governorFlagVariant	Union Jack defaced with the Falkland Islands coat of arms ⓘ
hasCanton	Union Flag ⓘ surface form: Union Jack
hasElement	Flag of the Falkland Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Falkland Islands coat of arms in the fly Union Flag in the canton ⓘ
legalStatus	official flag of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
modificationReason	update of the coat of arms rendering ⓘ
modificationYear	1999 ⓘ
politicalStatus	British Overseas Territory ⓘ
proportion	1:2 ⓘ
readopted	1999-01-25 ⓘ
relatedFlag	British Blue Ensign ⓘ surface form: Blue Ensign of the United Kingdom British Red Ensign ⓘ surface form: Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom Union Flag ⓘ surface form: Flag of the United Kingdom
replaced	Flag of the Falkland Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: earlier badge-only Blue Ensign of the Falkland Islands
status	in current use ⓘ
symbolizes	connection to the United Kingdom ⓘ status as a British Overseas Territory ⓘ
symbolType	territorial symbol ⓘ
usedBy	Government of the Falkland Islands ⓘ Governor of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
usedIn	Falkland Islands general government buildings ⓘ Falkland Islands official ceremonies ⓘ Falkland Islands public holidays ⓘ
usesAtSea	government ensign ⓘ state ensign ⓘ
usesDesign	Blue Ensign ⓘ
usesOnLand	civil flag ⓘ state flag ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Flag of the Falkland Islands → hasElement → Flag of the Falkland Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Falkland Islands coat of arms in the fly

Flags of British Overseas Territories → hasPart → Flag of the Falkland Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flag of Saint Helena

Flags of the United Kingdom → includesFlag → Flag of the Falkland Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Falkland Islands flag

Flag of the Falkland Islands → replaced → Flag of the Falkland Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: earlier badge-only Blue Ensign of the Falkland Islands