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🇬🇸 Flag: South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands emoji

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The flag of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the remote South Atlantic Ocean. The flag features the Union Jack in the upper left corner and a blue field with the territory's coat of arms, which includes a lion and a fur seal, representing the wildlife and British heritage of these uninhabited islands.

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are known for their incredible wildlife including king penguins, elephant seals, and wandering albatrosses, remote and pristine Antarctic environment, no permanent human population, former whaling stations, scientific research importance, and spectacular sub-Antarctic landscapes. The territory serves as an important breeding ground for Antarctic wildlife.

This emoji is used in discussions about British territories, Antarctic wildlife, remote islands, conservation, or when referencing penguin colonies, seal populations, whaling history, and the pristine sub-Antarctic environment of these remote South Atlantic islands.

Could also be called South Georgia flag, British Antarctic territory flag or Sub-Antarctic flag emoji.

Other meanings

British territory, Antarctic wildlife, penguin colonies, remote islands, sub-Antarctic environment

Example Usage

The king penguin colonies on 🇬🇸 are among the world's largest

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Visual description

A rectangular flag with the Union Jack in the upper left corner and a blue field containing the territorial coat of arms featuring wildlife symbols.

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