NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Flag of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

The Flag of the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands was granted in 1985, when the Territory was created. Previously the Territory was a part of the Falkland Islands Dependancy and used the same flag. Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands. ... Orthographic projection centred on the South Sandwich Islands South Sandwich Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI, Spanish: Islas Georgias del Sur y Islas Sandwich del Sur) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, also claimed by Argentina as part of Tierra del Fuego province (because of... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Desire the right Official language English Capital Stanley Governor Howard Pearce Chief Executive Chris Simpkins Area - Total - % water not ranked 12,173 kmÂ² - Population - Total (2003 E) - Density not ranked 2,967 0. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 The flag of the Falkland Islands was adopted on September 29, 1948. ...

The flag is a blue ensign, with the Union Flag in the canton, defaced with the Territory's coat of arms. The flag flies over the main government settlements on South Georgia Island, and the scientific bases of the British Antarctic Survey. A flag is avaliable for the Civil Commissioner of the Territory, a Union Flag defaced with the coat of arms. As the Civil Commissioner is also the Governor of the Falkland Islands, the flag is only in use when the Commissioner visits the Territory. Jump to: navigation, search The modern Blue Ensign of the United Kingdom English Blue Ensign as it appeared in the seventeenth century. ... Flag Ratio: 1:2 The Union Flag or Union Jack is the flag most commonly associated with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and was also used throughout the former British Empire. ... BAS headquarters The British Antarctic Survey (BAS), formerly the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), is an institute of the Natural Environment Research Council, and has, for the last fifty years, undertaken the majority of Britains scientific research on and around the Antarctic continent. ... The Governor of the Falkland Islands is the local representative of the British Crown in the Falkland Islands. ...

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