International Congress of Vexillology 24, NAVA 45, CBFA Union Flag

ICV 24 Vexillological Union Flag

This flag represents of union of four flags. It was made spontaneously on a whim on Saturday July 30, 2011 in honor of 24th International Congress of Vexillology.

It combines the flags of the North American Vexillological Association, the Chesapeake Bay Flag Association, the International Federation of Vexillological Associations, and ICV 24 Washington Congress Flag which is simultaneously the NAVA 45 flag.

ICV 24 & NAVA 45 Congress Flag

Ironically the meeting was held in Alexandria, Virginia but there were a few organized excursions to Washington, DC. The canton of the ICV 24 Union Flag is a shortened version of the Washington Congress Flag. The ICV 24 Union Flag is missing eight stars and is in the shape of a traditional canton - a square.



CBFA Flag

This field of the ICV 24 Union Flag takes it colours and design from the Chesapeake Bay Association. This flag group hosted and supplied most of the volunteers for this congress. The stars were removed from the CBFA Flag because the canton of the ICV 24 Union Flag already had sixteen stars. The two dark blue stripes of the CBFA flag were conserved by being rotated 90 degrees and positioned along the fly instead of the bottom.

IFVA & NAVA STANDARD

Off center towards the fly is the badge. It is composed of a modified NAVA and IFVA. The basic pattern of the NAVA flag is conserved and merged with the distinguished element of the International Federation of Vexillological Association flag. The repeated V of many vexillological conference flags is made more pronounced and also represents the state of where it was held - Virginia. It was essential that these two flags be connected since this meeting was both a NAVA and IFVA congress.

Finally this ICV 24 Vexi-Union flag is an echo of the final Confederate Flag of my design. This was done in honor of Virginia's rich history. The seal of the Confederacy was added for artistic purposes, since we were in the former territory of the Washington District of Columbia.

Indian Ocean Flag

Indian Ocean Flag

This flag represents the Indian Ocean. It is a vertical tri-bar made up of sky blue (indigo), and light brown (tan). In the central position is a darker blue five pointed blue star reflective of the elegant starfish. The central bar represents the continent of India. The two sky blue ends represent the east and west halves of the Indian Ocean.

The Indian Ocean is perhaps a kin to being the Spirit Ocean of our world. The rain that washes from Mt. Everest, China, Arabia, Israel, Babylon, Persia, Africa, Islamabad, Siam, and Australia find their resting place in this Ocean. It is the Ocean of Dreams full of colour beyond the dry abundant business and rational side of Europe, North America, and Japan. It is the Ocean of Mystics and the nations along on its many shores were chosen to speak of life and destiny.

This flag was first presented to the public at the 24th International Congress of Vexillology at Alexandria, Virginia in 2011. It's simple design made it a favorite among vexillologists.

This flag is a symbol to persons born on the Indian Ocean. If a person was born, conceived, or in the womb then they have a proper right to fly this flag, especially if their mother swam in the ocean while pregnant. Also any nation that borders the Indian Ocean also has a right to fly this flag since their nation is tided to its tide waters and livelihood.

Personally, I hope to see, smell, and swim in this most magnificent and sacred of earthly oceans.

Antarctic Ocean Flag or Southern Ocean Flag

Flag of the Antarctic Ocean

This is the flag of the Antarctic Ocean or rather the Southern Ocean. There is some debate by geographers if it even qualifies as an ocean.

Perhaps the Southern Antarctic Ocean could be categorized as a Dwarf Ocean, since Pluto was also reclassified by changing perspectives?

Since the flag of the North Arctic Ocean has a canton in the upper fly, it makes sense that the flag of the Antarctic or 'Southern Dwarf Ocean' should have a canton in the lower fly.

Map of the Southern Antarctic Ocean

This flag was first presented to Vexillologist around the world at the 24th International Congress of Vexillology that was held from August 1st unto August 5th in 2011 at the George Washington Masonic Memorial. Coincidentally the highly unusual lower fly canton of the Southern Ocean has a white hammer on a blue field. The hammer is a key symbol in Free Masonry.

The colours of this flag include - black, white, navy blue, red, orange, yellow. The colours are modeled on the Emperor Penguin that has red, orange, yellow, white and black feathers. The colours navy blue and white represent the waters and ice of this ocean.


South Antarctic Ocean planted on the Ocean
one of the few Oceans that you can actually walk on in your bare feet

The Antarctic Ocean is perhaps the easiest ocean to live a life on without ever stepping on to land. Life on an iceberg, which is a natural extension of the ocean would be difficult but not impossible. In theory a person can be conceived, carried to term and born on this ocean without ever touching land or stepping on to a boat. There are some icebergs that are bigger than some nations like the Vatican or Liechtenstein.

Link to proposed Antarctica Flag

Arctic Ocean Flag, The Frozen North Ocean

Flag of the Arctic Ocean

This is the flag of the Arctic Ocean. It was first presented to Vexillologists at the 24th International Congress of Vexillology, that was held in Virginia at the George Washington Masonic Memorial.

The colours of this flag are red, white, black, and indigo. Near the upper fly is a canton that takes is design from the flag of Jamaica with stars added along in the black saltire.

Modified Imaginary Painting of Explorer
Adolf Erik Nordenskiold flying the North Arctic Ocean Flag

Indigo represents the native people to this ocean who call it home from the Nenets of Russia to the Inuit of Canada. White represents the European People who live along its shoreline. Black persons of African American heritage and the long winter nights. Red represents strict social order needed when living in such remote and harsh conditions.

The indigo stripes along the bottom represent the three great shorelines of Eurasia, America, and the dwarf continent Greenland.

Link to Antarctic Ocean Flag

Atlantic Ocean Flag

Atlantic Ocean Flag

This flag represents the Atlantic Ocean. It was show to Vexillologists across the world at the 24th International Congress of Vexillology in the first week of August of 2011, held at the Geroge Washington Masonic Memorial.

It is composed of four colours - white, indigo, navy blue, and blue. It has seven stripes in honor of the semi-legendary seven seas. There are six blue squares positioned at 45 degrees to look like square diamonds. They represent the six fundamental essences of the Atlantic: North America, South America, West Africa, Northern Europe, the Caribbean, and Mediterranean.

Map of the Atlantic Ocean

The upper white line represents the coastline of the Americas, while the lower line represents the western coastline of the old world. The different hues of blue also represent the varied colours of this oceans colours.

This flag is entitled to persons conceived or born on the Atlantic Ocean, and even if they were in the womb. Also nations that boarder any part of the Atlantic Ocean have a right to fly it as well.

Phobos Flag, the Larger Moon of Mars

Flag of Phobos

The flag of Phobos was first presented to the public and vexillologists at the 24th international Congress of Vexillology at the Washington Masonic Memorial in 2011.

The flag is composed four colours: black, blue, white and most appropriately red, in honor of the red planet.

This flag was intended to represent fear. It is composed of three main parts. Along the top is a blue stripe with the Western symbol for Mars. In the red portion is the number seven represented in Egyptian Numbers that represent the mythological seven fears of Phobos. In the black portion is a white skull with sharpened teeth like those of carnivore. The eyes of the are also glowing red. Upon the forehead of the skull is a hole with a crescent moon.



Image of Mars' Larger Moon
Phobos

Currently Phobos is considered a moon by astronomers, but if it were in orbit around the sun is would be classified as an asteroid. Perhaps there needs to be a 'Dwarf Moon' designation to match up with 'Dwarf Planet' terms?

Pacific Ocean Flag

Flag of the Pacific Ocean

This flag was first presented to vexillology at 24th International Congress of Vexillology. It was held at Alexandria, Virginia at the Masonic Memorial from August 1 unto August 5th, 2011.

The flag represents the Pacific Ocean. The white disc, stars and stripes are primarily a representation of icons from Japan and the United States due to their epic and hard fought struggle in the Pacific Ocean in the 1940s.

Additionally the varied shapes and colours can be found on many nations wholly within the Pacific - Palau, Micronesia, New Zealand, Tuvalu, and many others. This flag also represents nations that border the Pacific from Eastern Asia to South America.

The first meaning of the symbols are this - the white disc represents the full moon, the three white stars represent the three great coastlines of the Pacific - Asia, America, and Australia. The three indigo dashes represent three memorable lines of latitude - the Tropic of Cancer, the Tropic of Capricorn, and the most famous of all, the Equator. Dark blue represents the vastness and one of the many blue colours of the Pacific Ocean. The lime green border represents the life and abundance that the Ocean Provides for all.

Map of the Pacific Ocean with Flag

It is the right of any nation that has a Pacific Coast line to fly this flag such as Canada, Chile, Australia, Vietnam, and Russia.

This flag also represents persons born on the Pacific Ocean (assuming on a boat), persons conceived on the Pacific, and persons whose mother swam in the Pacific while she was pregnant.