Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory

Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory
Vexillological symbol :	?
Aspect ratio:	1: 2
Officially accepted:	November 8, 1990

^? old version of the flag

BIOT flag on Diego Garcia

The flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory was officially confirmed on November 8, 1990.

description

The flag of the territory is one of the few flags of the British overseas territories that is not based on the blue British service flag .

The waves in the flag symbolize the Indian Ocean , the palm tree represents the tropical island world and the crown and the Union Jack are expressions of British sovereignty.

The flag has the usual proportions of 1: 2 for British flags.

use

Officially, the territory's flag is only used by the British Commissioner - who resides in the British Foreign Office in London .

Web links

• British Indian Ocean Territory. Flags of the World (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Description and illustration of the flag on the CIA World Factbook ( Memento of the original from October 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed September 13, 2011