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Flags of the World

Name Flag image Flag description
American Samoa http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Amersamoa-flag.jpg blue, with a white triangle edged in red that is based on the outer side and extends to the hoist side; a brown and white American bald eagle flying toward the hoist side is carrying two traditional Samoan symbols of authority, a staff and a war club
Australia http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Australia-flag.jpg blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and a large seven-pointed star in the lower hoist-side quadrant known as the Commonwealth Star, representing the federation of the colonies of Australia in 1901; the star depicts one point for each of the six original states and one representing all of Australia's internal and external territories; the remaining half is a representation of the Southern Cross constellation in white with one small five-pointed star and four larger, seven-pointed stars
Cook Islands http://open-site.org/img/chirone/CookIs-flag.jpg blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and a large circle of 15 white five-pointed stars (one for every island) centered in the outer half of the flag
Fiji http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Figi-flag.jpg light blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Fijian shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the shield depicts a yellow lion above a white field quartered by the cross of Saint George featuring stalks of sugarcane, a palm tree, bananas, and a white dove
French Polynesia http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Polinesiafr-flag.jpg two narrow red horizontal bands encase a wide white band; centered on the white band is a disk with blue and white wave pattern on the lower half and gold and white ray pattern on the upper half; a stylized red, blue and white ship rides on the wave pattern; the French flag is used for official occasions
Guam http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Guam-flag.gif territorial flag is dark blue with a narrow red border on all four sides; centered is a red-bordered, pointed, vertical ellipse containing a beach scene, outrigger canoe with sail, and a palm tree with the word GUAM superimposed in bold red letters; US flag is the national flag
Kiribati http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Kiribati-flag.jpg the upper half is red with a yellow frigate bird flying over a yellow rising sun, and the lower half is blue with three horizontal wavy white stripes to represent the ocean
Marshall Islands http://open-site.org/img/chirone/MarshalIs-flag.jpg blue with two stripes radiating from the lower hoist-side corner - orange (top) and white; there is a white star with four large rays and 20 small rays on the hoist side above the two stripes
Micronesia, Federated States of http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Micronesia-flag.jpg light blue with four white five-pointed stars centered; the stars are arranged in a diamond pattern
Nauru http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Nauru-flag.jpg blue with a narrow, horizontal, yellow stripe across the center and a large white 12-pointed star below the stripe on the hoist side; the star indicates the country's location in relation to the Equator (the yellow stripe) and the 12 points symbolize the 12 original tribes of Nauru
New Zealand http://open-site.org/img/chirone/NZelanda-flag.jpg blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant with four red five-pointed stars edged in white centered in the outer half of the flag; the stars represent the Southern Cross constellation
Niue http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Niue-flag.jpg yellow with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the flag of the UK bears five yellow five-pointed stars - a large one on a blue disk in the center and a smaller one on each arm of the bold red cross
Norfolk Island http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Norfolk-flag.jpg three vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green with a large green Norfolk Island pine tree centered in the slightly wider white band
Northern Mariana Islands http://open-site.org/img/chirone/MarianIs-flag.jpg blue, with a white, five-pointed star superimposed on the gray silhouette of a latte stone (a traditional foundation stone used in building) in the center, surrounded by a wreath
Palau http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Palau-flag.jpg light blue with a large yellow disk (representing the moon) shifted slightly to the hoist side
Papua New Guinea http://open-site.org/img/chirone/PapuaNG-flag.jpg divided diagonally from upper hoist-side corner; the upper triangle is red with a soaring yellow bird of paradise centered; the lower triangle is black with five, white, five-pointed stars of the Southern Cross constellation centered
Pitcairn Islands http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Pitcairn-flag.gif blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Pitcairn Islander coat of arms centered on the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms is yellow, green, and light blue with a shield featuring a yellow anchor
Samoa http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Samoa-flag.jpg red with a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side quadrant bearing five white five-pointed stars representing the Southern Cross constellation
Solomon Islands http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Salomone-flag.jpg divided diagonally by a thin yellow stripe from the lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle (hoist side) is blue with five white five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern; the lower triangle is green
Tonga http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Tonga-flag.jpg red with a bold red cross on a white rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner
Tuvalu http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Tuvalu-flag.jpg light blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the outer half of the flag represents a map of the country with nine yellow five-pointed stars symbolizing the nine islands
Vanuatu http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Vanuatu-flag.jpg two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a black isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) all separated by a black-edged yellow stripe in the shape of a horizontal Y (the two points of the Y face the hoist side and enclose the triangle); centered in the triangle is a boar's tusk encircling two crossed namele leaves, all in yellow
Wallis and Futuna http://open-site.org/img/chirone/WallisF-lgflag.gif a large white modified Maltese cross - shifted a little off center toward the fly and slightly downward - on a red background; the flag of France outlined in white on two sides is in the upper hoist quadrant; the flag of France is used for official occasions



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