🇬🇱 Flag: Greenland emoji

The flag of Greenland, an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark and the world's largest island. The flag features two horizontal halves: white on top and red on bottom, with a large circle offset toward the hoist side - red on the white field and white on the red field. The design reflects the island's ice and midnight sun.

Greenland is known for its massive ice sheet covering most of the island, Inuit culture and traditions, climate change frontline location, potential mineral wealth including rare earth elements, Danish colonial history, growing autonomy movement, unique Arctic wildlife, and strategic geopolitical importance in Arctic affairs.

This emoji is used to represent Greenland in discussions about Arctic affairs, climate change, Inuit culture, Danish territories, or when referencing ice sheets, Arctic wildlife, global warming effects, and Greenland's unique position as an autonomous Arctic territory with growing independence aspirations.

Could also be called Greenland flag, Arctic territory flag or Inuit flag emoji.

Other meanings

Arctic territory, ice sheet, climate change, Inuit culture, Danish autonomy, Arctic geopolitics

Example Usage

Climate change effects are most visible on 🇬🇱 ice sheets

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Visual description

A rectangular flag with white and red horizontal halves and a large circle - red circle on white field and white circle on red field - offset toward the left.

⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.

Flag emojis are often drawn as a "wavy rectangle" with flat vertical lines and curved horizontal lines representing a flag in the wind. Some emoji sets use standard rectangles, rectangles with curved corners or circles.