NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

The flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was adopted on October 21, 1985. It is composed of three vertical bands of blue, yellow and green with three diamonds centered in the yellow band and arranged in a V which stands for Vincent. These diamonds recall Saint Vincent as the "gems of the Antilles". Blue represents the tropical sky and the crystal waters, yellow stands for the golden Grenadine sands, and green stands for the islands' lush vegetation. Image File history File links Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines. ... Image File history File links FIAV_111111. ... October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Dependencies and other territories
Anguilla • Aruba • Bermuda • British Virgin Islands • Cayman Islands • Greenland • Guadeloupe • Martinique • Montserrat • Navassa Island • Netherlands Antilles • Puerto Rico • Saint-Pierre and Miquelon • Turks and Caicos Islands • U.S. Virgin Islands A dependent territory, dependent area or dependency is a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a State. ... Types of political territories include: A legally administered territory, which is a non-sovereign geographic area that has come under the authority of another government. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 Flag of the Governor of the British Virgin Islands The Flag of the British Virgin Islands was adopted on November 15, 1960. ... Flag Ratio: 1:2 The flag of the Cayman Islands was adopted in 1959. ... The United States flag is official on Navassa Island. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The Flag of the Netherlands Antilles is white, with a horizontal blue stripe in the center, one-third of the flags hoist, superimposed on a vertical red stripe of the same width, also centered; five white, five-pointed stars are arranged in an oval pattern... Flag of Puerto Rico (1995 - present) Flag of Puerto Rico (1952 - 1995) Pro-independence Flag (1892) The Flag of Puerto Rico was designed in 1894. ... The local flag of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon is blue with a yellow ship, said to be the Grande Hermine, which brought Jacques Cartier to Saint-Pierre on 15 June 1535. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 The flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands is similar to the flags of other British dependencies and colonies as it has the Union Flag in the upper hoist-side corner. ... Flag of the U.S. Virgin Islands The flag of the United States Virgin Islands was adopted in 1922. ...

Categories: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | National flags | Flag stubs A national flag is a flag that symbolises a country and that can usually be flown by citizens of that country. ... A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... This gallery of sovereign-state flags shows the flags of sovereign states in the list of sovereign states. ... This gallery of sovereign state coats of arms shows the coat of arms of sovereign states in the list of sovereign states. ... This overview contains the flags of dependent territories. ... This overview shows the coat of arms of dependent territories. ... This overview contains the flags of self-proclaimed states that have declared their independence, exert control over (at least part of) the claimed territory and population, but have not been acknowledged as independent states by the international community at large. ... This overview contains the coats of arms of self-proclaimed states that have declared their independence, exert control over (at least part of) the claimed territory and population, but have not been acknowledged as independent states by the international community at large. ... This article is intended as a list of flags from micronations - that is, unrecognised statelike entities that are largely or wholly ephemeral in nature. ... This overview contains the coats of arms of micronations, self-proclaimed statelike entities that are largely or wholly ephemeral in nature. ... This gallery contains the flags of states that were (at least de facto) independent in the past. ...