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Encyclopedia > Flags of Oceania

This is a gallery of national flags of Oceania. A national flag is a flag that symbolises a country and that can usually be flown by citizens of that country. ... Oceania is a geographical, often geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands – mostly islands but often including Australia – in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity. ...

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Australia

Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 The Australian Flag at full mast. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norfolk_Island. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 The flag of Norfolk Island was adopted on October 21, 1980. ...

Melanesia

This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_East_Timor. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 The flag of East Timor was adopted in 2002. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Fiji. ... Categories: Stub | Fiji | Fiji-related stubs | National flags | Blue Ensigns ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Caledonia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea. ... Flag ratio: 3:4 The flag of Papua New Guinea was adopted on July 1, 1971. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 This is the national flag of the Solomon Islands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Vanuatu. ... Flag ratio: 3:5 The flag of Vanuatu was adopted on February 13, 1980. ...

Micronesia

Image File history File links Flag_of_Guam. ... Flag ratio: 22:41 The flag of Guam was adopted on February 9, 1948. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kiribati. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 The Flag of Kiribati: the upper half is red with a gold frigatebird (Fregata minor, in Gilbertese: te eitei) flying over a gold rising sun (otintaai), and the lower half is blue with three horizontal wavy white stripes to represent the ocean and the 3 groups... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands. ... ratio: 10:19 The flag of the Marshall Islands was adopted on May 1, 1979. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands. ... Flag of the Northern Marianas Islands The flag of the Northern Mariana Islands was adopted on July 4, 1976. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Micronesia. ... Flag ratio: 10:19 The flag of the Federated States of Micronesia was adopted on November 10, 1979. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Nauru. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 Following the indepencence of Nauru, the flag of Nauru was raised for the first time. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Palau. ... Flag ratio: 3:5 The flag of Palau was adopted on January 1, 1981. ...

Polynesia



Polynesia is generally defined as the islands within the triangle Polynesia (from Greek: πολύς many, νῆσος island) is a large grouping of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_American_Samoa. ... Flag Ratio: 1:2 The national flag of American Samoa was adopted on April 24, 1960. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 The Flag of the Cook Islands is based on the traditional design for former British colonies in the Pacific region. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_French_Polynesia. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of French Polynesia was adopted in 1984. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Zealand. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 The current Flag of New Zealand is a defaced blue ensign with the Union Flag in the canton, and four red stars with white borders to the right. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Niue. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 The flag of Niue was adopted in 1975. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 The flag of the Pitcairn Islands was adopted on April 2, 1984. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Samoa. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 The flag of Samoa was adopted on February 24, 1949. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tokelau_(local). ... Flag of New Zealand Unofficial proposed flag As Tokelau is currently a non-self-governing colonial territory of New Zealand, the Flag of New Zealand is the official flag flown in Tokelau. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tonga. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 The flag of Tonga was adopted on November 4, 1875. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tuvalu. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 The current Flag of Tuvalu was instated when the country became independent in 1978, after the separation from the Gilberts in 1976. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Wallis_and_Futuna. ... Standard design. ...

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Oceania is a geographical, often geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands—mostly islands but usually including Australia—in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity.
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