Flag of the Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands

Flag of Solomon Islands
Use	National flag
Proportion	1:2
Adopted	18 November 1977
Design	Per bend sinister azure and vert, a riband sinister or, in dexter chief five stars in saltire argent.

The national flag of Solomon Islands was adopted officially on 18 November 1977, one year before independence.

Design

The design was the result of a competition in the lead up to independence. This flag was not the initial competition winner but was another submission by a New Zealand expatriate then the visual arts master at the King George VI school. According to the designer:

"The upper left triangle was blue (sea/sky), the lower triangle was green (fertile land), the yellow (sun/sandy beaches). A cluster of stars in the top left corner signified the provinces, not the Southern Cross."^[1]

Variants

The civil ensign^[2] (for merchant ships) and state ensign^[3] (for non-military government vessels) are red and blue flags, respectively, with the national flag in the canton. The naval ensign^[4] (for police vessels) is based on the British white ensign, a red cross on a white field, also with the national flag in the canton.

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  Civil Ensign

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  State Ensign

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  Customs Service Ensign

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  Naval Ensign

Historical flags

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  Flag of the British Solomon Islands

References

1. "The Solomon Islands Flag", Solomon Times, 12 January 2012
2. Civil Ensign (Solomon Islands)
3. State Ensign (Solomon Islands)
4. Naval Ensign (Solomon Islands)

External links

• Solomon Islands at Flags of the World