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  Antarctica
The gentelman from the Ukrainian Antarctic Center informed me that to his knowledge all countries use their national flags there, but he might be wrong.
From occasional footage on the Antarctic I’d say that both statements are correct: The stations fly the national flags, but they also display(ed?) the logo of their organisations, sometimes in the form of flags.
Of course, the researchers may have other things on their minds than caring about flags, so it may be that these are only hoisted on special occasions.
flagspot.net /flags/aq.html   (507 words)

  
  Flag of Antarctica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Antarctica is not a nation and is not ruled by a single government or body, therefore no flag has been adopted for it.
The flag of the British Antarctic Territory is a white version of the British Blue Ensign defaced by the Coat of Arms of the Territory.
The New Zealand flag is the basis for his design, though with an 'Ice Blue' background representing the Ross Sea, and the white horizontal bar at the bottom of the flag repesenting the Ross Ice Shelf.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flags_of_Antarctica   (619 words)

  
 Antarctica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Physically, Antarctica is divided in two by the Transantarctic Mountains close to the neck between the Ross Sea and the Weddell Sea.
Antarctica is home to more than 70 lakes that lie thousands of metres under the surface of the continental ice sheet, including one under the South Pole itself.
Glaciologists in Antarctica are concerned with the study of the history and dynamics of floating ice, seasonal snow, glaciers, and ice sheets.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Antarctica   (3411 words)

  
 List of flags
National flags can be viewed inside the Gallery of sovereign state flags (or List of sovereign state flags) and flags of non-sovereign nations (flags of non-recognized nations, flags of formerly independent states, flags of dependent territories, flags of subnational entities, flags of Indigenous peoples and flags of active autonomist and secessionist movements).
Most of the images of national flags are originally based on the flags of the CIA World Factbook, with improvements for accuracy.
Flag of the Republic of the Congo -
www.cooldictionary.com /words/List-of-flags.wikipedia   (250 words)

  
 Antarctica — flag proposals
In LʼAlbum this flag is shown and listed together with a paragraph expaining its usage by the vessels frequenting the southern polar region.
The Antarctica flag was removed from LʼAlbum in one of the last corrections, nÂș 27 [pay97].
This is the symbolic flag for Antarctica I created for 3D Atlas.
www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/aq!.html   (710 words)

  
 GlobalTower.com: Antarctica
The Antarctica Overseas Exchange Office Ltd., of Custer, Washington, has issued a most attractive and well-designed series of six denominations of souvenir notes of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 Antarctican dollars to raise funds for variousscientific projects that will take place in Antarctica after the year 2001.
Antarctica history is rich in adventure and science, yet human activity in the region extends back in time only about 200 years.
There is no official flag for Antarctica — mostly because there is no government or other authority to adopt such a flag.
www.globaltower.com /pages/polarregions/antarctica.html   (747 words)

  
 Category:Antarctica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Antarctica is a continent surrounding the Earth's South Pole.
It is the coldest place on earth and is almost entirely covered by ice.
It is not to be confused with the Arctic, which is located near the Earth's North Pole.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Antarctica   (164 words)

  
 Calle's Custom Icons - Flag icons
Flags from the whole North American continent - including the states of the Caribbean Sea.
Even icons can be utilized as political statements - during the spring in 1999 I added four new flags to the flag icons, and consequently four folders to the flag folders.
The first is the flag of Kurdistan - I support the Kurds, and I protest strongly against the terror regimes of Turkey and Iraq - hoping that the Kurds may live in peace, speaking their own language and living their own culture.
www.multiart.nu /cci/flagicons.html   (317 words)

  
 Antarctica information from Answerbag
There is definite communication between antarctica and the rest of the world (how else would they tell the transports when they needed food and in cases of medical emergency).
Antarctica has no permanent residents, but a number of governments maintain permanent research stations on the continent.
Antarctica is divided into a bunch of territories, each belonging to a different country.
www.answerbag.com /c_view.php/1291   (1466 words)

  
 1000Countries.com: Antarctica I: antarctica, ANTARCTICA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Geography: Antarctica is the icy continent at the South Pole...
Antarctica is a continent of contradictions: volcanoes erupting from a frozen landscape; miles of snow...
Antarctica as an Educational Resource "As an educational resource, Antarctica is extremely broad in scope with the potential to contribute to a number of study areas," from the sciences to history...
www.1000countries.com /countries_of_the_world/antarctica_1.html   (2593 words)

  
 :: NASA Quest > Archives ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The nations with research stations in Antarctica (remember the flags that surround the Ceremonial South Pole, as seen in Program Three?) meet and continue to forge a formal legal structure for making recommendations for the conservation and preservation of the Antarctic region and resources.
Since Antarctica is governed by international treaty, no nation is entirely able to "go-it-alone," and no nation could ever dictate what the continent's flag might be.
Antarctica is central to our understanding of both the physical systems of our planet and the psychological forces struggling to direct our future path.
quest.arc.nasa.gov /antarctica/tg/electronic.html   (5075 words)

  
 mexico flag and description
The flag of Mexico was officially adopted on November 2, 1821.
The basic design is taken from the French Tricolor flag and the red, white and green are the colors of the national liberation army of Mexico.
Its main feature is an eagle, and it is said that an Aztec legend told them to build their new city on the exact spot where they saw an eagle sitting on a cactus, eating a snake.
www.worldatlas.com /webimage/flags/countrys/camerica/mexico.htm   (235 words)

  
 Union flag - Ausflag - Brief History of Australian Flags   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
THE UNION FLAG, or Union Jack, is the national flag of the United Kingdom and This was combined with the previous Union Flag of St George and St Andrew,
It is unlikely that this flag, known as the British Union Flag, which was adopted The field of the Cambridge flag, also known as the Grand Union flag,
For seagoing ships, however, the official banner was the Union flag (better known as the In 1707, the Union flag became Britain's national land flag.
weblinkeasy.com /?q=union-flag   (259 words)

  
 Antarctic Treaty System   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
For the purposes of the [[treaty]] system, Antarctica is defined as all land and [[ice shelfice shelves]] south of the southern 60th [[Circle of latitudeparallel]].
The treaty was signed by 12 countries, including the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]], and set aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve, established freedom of scientific investigation and banned military activity on that [[continent]].
The original signatories were the 12 countries active in Antarctica during the [[International Geophysical Year]] of 1957-58 and willing to accept a US invitation to the conference at which the treaty was negotiated.
antarctictreatysystem.quickseek.com   (600 words)

  
 Antarctica — flag proposals
In L’Album this flag is shown and listed together with a paragraph explaining its usage by the vessels frequenting the southern polar region.
The Antarctica flag was removed from L’Album in one of the last corrections, nº 27 [pay97].
The orange A flag was added to the Album in 1995 and later found to be incorrect and altoghether discarded.
www.atlasgeo.net /fotw/flags/aq!.html   (508 words)

  
 Antarctica - Flag - Introduction - Background
Speculation over the existence of a "southern land" was not confirmed until the early 1820s when British and American commercial operators and British and Russian national expeditions began exploring the Antarctic Peninsula region and other areas south of the Antarctic Circle.
Not until 1840 was it established that Antarctica was indeed a continent and not just a group of islands.
A number of countries have set up year-round research stations on Antarctica.
www.exxun.com /Antarctica/a_fg.html   (402 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Flag description
This entry provides a written flag description produced from actual flags or the best information available at the time the entry was written.
The flags of independent states are used by their dependencies unless there is an officially recognized local flag.
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; 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
www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2081.html   (6191 words)

  
 Antarctica
There is no official flag for Antarctica — mostly because there is no government or other authority to adopt such a flag.
It’s interesting to note that all countries that have or had claims over parts of Antarctica and that have of had adopted flags related to Antarctica, have taken the care of putting under these flags territories outside the Antarctic claims as well.
I daresay the United Kingdom was not so insecure in its claim that it felt the need to do so, as clearly putting other territories in with a claim creates an interesting legal precedent for any future actions which might take place.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/aq.html   (507 words)

  
 1000Countries.com: Antarctica II: antarctica, ANTARCTICA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Antarctica Field Trip On this virtual field trip, students will learn about plate tectonics, glaciers, how the climate on one continent affects other continents around the world, the flora and...
Antarctica is the fifth largest of the Earth's continents and the most southern, the coldest, windiest...
In Antarctica, the landscape is reduced to its barest elements: ice, rock, water and sky...
www.1000countries.com /countries_of_the_world/antarctica_2.html   (2587 words)

  
 south pole animals -- south pole animals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Antarctica, the vast continent that surrounds the South Pole and is encircled by the Southern Ocean.
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Antarctica travel and cruises to South Georgia, Falkland Islands, and Antarc...
www.antarcticart.com /southpoleanimals   (3774 words)

  
 International Flags of the World
Every flag is recreated in great detail according to official data and color specifications (where available).
The same attention to detail is given to each and every flag, regardless of size, population, or popularity of the country.
Accuracy both in the flag designs and their color specifications are trademarks of Cliptures World Flags.
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 WORST FLAG OF CONVENIENCE DUMPS ANTARCTIC FISH PIRATES
The Belize decision was revealed in a letter sent to CCAMLR (Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources), the regional government body responsible for conserving Antarctic marine life.
Southern Ocean pirate fishers have used the Belize flag to loot Antarctica's threatened Patagonian toothfish.
While many of the true owners of the pirate fishing vessels are based in Spain, they exploit a loophole in international law to evade prosecution in their home countries.
archive.greenpeace.org /pressreleases/oceans/2001nov2.html   (335 words)

  
 Antarctica Clipart Images. 26 Antarctica clip art illustrations available to search from over 15 royalty free ...
26 Antarctica clip art illustrations available to search from over 15 royalty free illustration publishers.
Antarctica continent map showing land area and ice shelves.
Antarctica continent map in fl and white showing land...
www.fotosearch.com /clip-art/antarctica.html   (141 words)

  
 sito/79: Re: no flag for antarctica?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
i just threw that flag code in today.
i have yet to contact the "fotw" (flags of the world) project to get permission and so forth.
if/when that happens, i will start writing the code for "special case" flags, where there is not simply XX.gif (where XX is the country code).
www.ibiblio.org /otis/discussion/static/sito/20000114-0079.html   (73 words)

  
 Information about U.S. Proofcard®: 32¢ Flag over Field ATM PSA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Inspiring the viewer to recall the immortal words of the patriotic hymn America the Beautiful, the flag on this Proofcard First Edition's stamp flies proudly against the backdrop of spacious skies, waving over the amber waves of grain for which America is justly famous.
The flag initially reached Antarctica in 1840 and flew over the North Pole in 1909.
Painted on NASA space ships, the flag boldly ventured into outer space, and on July 20, 1969, a specially-created flag -- designed to fly in an airless environment -- was raised on the lunar surface by astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.
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 flag: Web Search on The Skateboard Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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 Flags of the World
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Our flag illustrations are used by major book publishers, magazines, government agencies, international organizations, professional sports associations, international companies and professional designers around the world.
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 Antarctica Flag : My World Flag! : CafePress.com
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 Asia Observer - web directory and search
Flags of the World: Antarctica - Proposed national flags and information on the flags flown in the country.
Theodora.com: Flag of Antarctica - Unofficial flag in three sizes.
World Flag Database: British Antarctic Territory - National and commissioner's flags, ensigns, and coat of arms used at British bases in the country.
www.asiaobserver.com /cgi-local/anacondaodpp.pl?passurl=/Reference/Flags/Regional/Antarctica   (138 words)

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