Flag of the Falkland Islands 459058 220563662 2008-06-20T13:38:01Z TXiKiBoT 3171782 robot Adding: [[bs:Zastava Falklandskih ostrva]] [[Image:Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg|right|thumb|250x125px|[[Image:FIAV_110010.svg|23px]] Flag of the Falkland Islands, 1999&ndash;present. Flag ratio: 1:2]] The '''flag of the [[Falkland Islands]]''' was adopted on [[September 29]], [[1948]]. It is a [[Blue Ensign]] with the [[Union Flag]] in the canton and the [[Coat of Arms of the Falkland Islands]] superimposed. The Falkland Island Dependencies had their own flag, what is now the [[Flag of the British Antarctic Territory]], and did not use the Falkland Islands flag. However, when the [[British Antarctic Territory]] was created in 1963, the islands of [[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]] remained dependencies of the Falkland Islands, and reverted to using the Falkands flag until [[1985]] when they became a separate [[British overseas territories|overseas territory]], and gained their own flag. [[Image:Flag of the Falkland Islands (1948-1999).svg|right|thumb|125px|[[Image:FIAV_110010.svg|23px]] Old flag of the Falkland Islands, 1948&ndash;1999.]] During the [[Falklands War]], when [[Argentina]] occupied the islands, the flag was banned and in its place the [[Flag of Argentina|Argentine Republic's flag]] was raised. Currently, Argentina maintains that the islands are part of the [[Tierra del Fuego Province (Argentina)|Tierra del Fuego Province]] and considers the province's flag to be the islands' flag, although it has never been flown on them. A [[Red Ensign]] with the Falklands coat of arms superimposed was adopted in [[1998]] and is used as the Islands' [[civil ensign]]. Previously the plain red ensign was used by ships in the territorial waters around the Falklands. The [[Governor of the Falkland Islands]] uses a [[Union Flag]] defaced with the coat of arms. ==See also== * [[List of British flags]] * [[List of Falkland Island flags]] <div class="Boxmerge"> {{Falkland Islands topics}} {{British dependencies flags}} {{South America topic|Flag of|title=[[Flags of South America]]}} </div> [[Category:Falkland Islander culture]] [[Category:National flags|Falkland Islands]] [[Category:Blue Ensigns|Falkland Islands]] {{flag-stub}} {{UK-Atlantic-stub}} [[bs:Zastava Falklandskih ostrva]] [[cs:Falklandská vlajka]] [[de:Flagge der Falklandinseln]] [[el:Σημαία των Νήσων Φώκλαντ]] [[es:Bandera de las Islas Malvinas]] [[he:דגל איי פוקלנד]] [[hu:A Falkland-szigetek zászlaja]] [[nl:Vlag van de Falklandeilanden]] [[no:Falklandsøyenes flagg]] [[pl:Flaga Falklandów]] [[pt:Bandeira das Ilhas Malvinas]] [[ru:Флаг Фолклендских островов]] [[sq:Flamuri i Ishujve Falkland]] [[sk:Vlajka Falklánd]] [[fi:Falklandinsaarten lippu]] [[sv:Falklandsöarnas flagga]] [[th:ธงชาติหมู่เกาะฟอล์กแลนด์]]