Flag of South Georgia
The flag of South Georgia, adopted in 1985 and flown in a 1:2 ratio. Below: what its colours are, which flags it is confused with, and a short drill to make it stick.
At a glance
| Country | South Georgia |
|---|---|
| Capital | King Edward Point |
| Proportions | 1:2 |
| Adopted | 1985 |
| Emoji | 🇬🇸 |
| Code | GS · SGS |
Colours of the flag of South Georgia
The flag of South Georgia uses 6 colours: blue, red, white, grey, black, brown. The swatches below are sampled from the flag artwork itself, so they are the exact values used in the file rather than an approximation.
About the flag of South Georgia
The flag of South Georgia — officially South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands — is flown in a 1:2 ratio. South Georgia sits in Antarctica, and its flag is part of the standard set used in every quiz on this site.
The current design dates from 1985. South Georgia has its capital at King Edward Point and a population of about 30, figures that come from the same dataset the quizzes are built on.
As an emoji the flag is 🇬🇸, produced from the regional indicator letters for GS. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on South Georgia
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