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Revision as of 11:42, 2 July 2006 by Astrotrain (talk | contribs) (remove Argentine flag- this is not the Flag of the Falkland Islands)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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.
See also
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