Balleny Islands Flag - New Zealand

Balleny Islands Flag

The colours of the Balleny Islands are navy blue, white, red, and orange. The four red stars with white fimbrations are taken from the New Zealand flag. The colour orange in honor of the 'Orange Antarctic Flag' designed by Whitney Smith. The cross is cut as low fly square canton.

Flag of Snow Hill Island, Antarctica

Flag of Snow Hill Island
Antarctica

This flag is based upon the design of Sweden, essentially a counter charge of colours. Its character as an isle was discovered by a Otto Nordenskiold.

Flag of Blaskimen Island, Antarctica

Flag of Blaskimen
Antarctica

Parts of this island were originally charted by a joint UK-Swedish-Norwegian expedition in 1950. Thus this flag has elements of the UK and Norwegian Flag.

The Soviet Union discovered that Blaskimen Island was a separated from Novyy Island in 1961.

Flag of Novyy Island, Antarctica

Flag of Novyy Island
Antarctica

This island of Antarctica was mapped out by the former Soviet Union in 1961. The colours of this flag are red, white, yellow and black. The design combines elements of the old socialist republics with colours of the Russian Imperial Flag.

 However there is no hammer or sickle, instead the constellation Octans the Star Compass is shown. The eight pointed star represents the 'South Star.' Along the bottom are colours of Russian Empire but upside down, since this island is in the Southern Hemisphere. The white and yellow 'stripes' are shaped with a wavy design - doubly for the white stripe and singly for the yellow. While the black stripe is solid.

Flag of Coulman Island, Antarctica

Coulman Island
Antarctica

Although the Japanese were not the first to land on this island, Japan came by it on their first expedition to the Antarctic in 1911.

It was quite an amazing trek for a nation that was living in medieval times technology nearly 60 years earlier. The Japanese team was led by Shirase Nobu and was the first nation to land on King Edward the VII land.













The flag is based on the national flag of Japan.

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Flag of Charcot Island, Antarctica

Flag of Charcot Island
Antarctica

Charcot Island was recognized as an island by an Australian - Sir Hubert Wilkins in 1929. The colours of Charcot Island flag - orange and blue - are based upon the two popular flags for Antarctica designed by Whitney Smith and Graham Bartram.

The constellation represents the most southern constellation Octant the star compass.