Flag of Antarctica

"[2][3] Vexillologist Whitney Smith presented an orange flag with a white emblem in the hoist at the 1978 annual meeting of the North American Vexillological Association (NAVA).

[4] Graham Bartram, the chief vexillologist of a British organization, the Flag Institute, designed another proposal in 1996 for a 3D Atlas program developed by The MultiMedia Corporation and published by Electronic Arts.

[7] In a 2024 update to his design, Bartram modified the flag, aiming to raise awareness about environmental challenges facing Antartica, specifically microplastic pollution.

[9][10] The flag has the following meaning: Horizontal stripes of navy and white represent the long days and nights at Antarctica's extreme latitude.

In the center, a lone white peak erupts from a field of snow and ice, echoing those of the bergs, mountains, and pressure ridges that define the Antarctic horizon.

The long shadow it casts forms the unmistakable shape of a compass arrow pointed south, an homage to the continent's legacy of exploration.