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The 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.

Prior to 1963, the flag was also used in British territory which is now administered as British Antarctic Territory. Prior to 1985, the flag was also used in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands when that territory was a dependancy of the Falkland Islands. During the Falklands War, when Argentina occupied the islands, the flag was banned and in its place the Argentine Republic's flag was raised.

Other Falklands flags

A Red Ensign with the Falklands coat of arms superimposed is used as the Islands' civil ensign.

The Governor of the Falkland Islands uses a Union Flag defaced with the coat of arms.

Argentina still claims ownership of the Falkland Islands, which it calls the Malvinas, regarding them as part of Tierra del Fuego Province. The Argentine government thus regards the flag of the Malvinas to be the flag of Tierra del Fuego.

See also

• List of British flags

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v t e Flags of the British Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies
British Overseas Territories	Akrotiri and Dhekelia Anguilla Bermuda British Antarctic Territory British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Falkland Islands Gibraltar Montserrat Pitcairn Islands Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Saint Helena Ascension Tristan da Cunha South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Turks and Caicos Islands
Crown Dependencies	Guernsey Alderney Herm Sark Jersey Isle of Man

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