Flag of the Cayman Islands

Flag of the Cayman Islands


Name	Flag of the Cayman Islands
Use	Civil and state flag, state ensign
Proportion	1:2
Adopted	14 May 1958
Design	Blue ensign with the coat-of-arms of the Cayman Islands in the fly

The flag of the Cayman Islands was adopted on 14 May 1958 after the colony was officially granted a coat-of-arms. Prior to that, the Islands had used the British flag for all official occasions. In 1999, the white disc was removed and the arms were more than doubled in size, although the pre-2005 flag remains popular and is still used on some official occasions, and the Cayman Islands Government website describes the flag as a "British blue ensign with the arms on a white disc in the fly". During the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, and during the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics, the Cayman Islands team marched in under the flag as described on the government website.

Common with most British overseas territories, the Governor's flag is a Union Flag defaced with the coat-of-arms. The governor's flag was also changed in 1999, the arms were made bigger and a golden ring was added.

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Civil ensign 1999-present

Flag of the Governor of the Cayman Islands

Flag of the Cayman Islands, 1958-1999

Civil ensign 1958-1999

References

The Cayman Islands Flag

Flags of the British Overseas Territories and the Crown dependencies

British Overseas Territories	Akrotiri and Dhekelia Anguilla Bermuda British Antarctic Territory British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Falkland Islands Gibraltar Montserrat Pitcairn Islands Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Saint Helena Ascension Tristan da Cunha South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Turks and Caicos Islands

Crown dependencies	Guernsey Alderney Herm Sark Jersey Isle of Man

Flags of North America

Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States

Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Navassa Island Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands

National and regional flags incorporating the Union Jack

Sovereign states

Dependent territories

United Kingdom	Anguilla Ascension Island Bermuda British Antarctic Territory British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Falkland Islands Montserrat Pitcairn Islands Saint Helena South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Tristan da Cunha Turks and Caicos Islands

New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue

States, provinces
and other
administrative divisions

Australia	New South Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia Lord Howe Island

Canada	British Columbia Manitoba Ontario

United States	Hawaii

Cities

Chile	Coquimbo

United States	Baton Rouge, Louisiana Taunton, Massachusetts

Miscellaneous

Flags based on British ensigns
- Mosquito Kingdom (1844–1860)
List of British flags
Flags inspired by the Union Jack
- Basque Country
  - St. Pierre & Miquelon
- Newfoundland & Labrador

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Flag of the Cayman Islands

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References