Flags of the British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies

Blue Ensigns with a badge for most of the far-flung territories, and something quite different in Gibraltar and the Channel Islands.

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Most of Britain’s overseas territories fly the Blue Ensign, the Union Jack on dark blue, with the territory’s coat of arms in the fly. The Crown Dependencies, Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man, were never colonies and aren’t part of the UK, and their flags look nothing like the rest.

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Crown Dependencies

Isle of Man
The triskelion: three armoured legs on red.
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Jersey
A red saltire on white, with the three lions under a crown.
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Guernsey
St George’s cross with a gold cross inside it, from William the Conqueror’s banner.
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Sark
St George’s cross, with the two Norman leopards in the canton.
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Herm
Tiny Herm, part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey.
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Europe and the Atlantic

Gibraltar
A castle and a golden key on white over red: the key to the Mediterranean.
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Bermuda
A Red Ensign, not a blue one, with the wreck of the Sea Venture, whose survivors settled Bermuda in 1609.
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Saint Helena
A ship and a wirebird, the island’s only endemic land bird.
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Falkland Islands
A ram and the ship Desire, which sighted the islands in 1592.
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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
A reindeer, brought in by whalers, above the arms.
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British Antarctic Territory
A white ensign with the territory’s arms, held by a lion and an emperor penguin.
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The Caribbean

Cayman Islands
A turtle crest over the arms.
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British Virgin Islands
St Ursula, surrounded by lamps for the virgins Columbus named the islands after.
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Anguilla
Three orange dolphins, for friendship, wisdom and strength.
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Montserrat
Erin, the figure of Ireland, with a harp: many early settlers were Irish.
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Turks and Caicos Islands
A conch, a spiny lobster and a Turk’s head cactus.
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The Indian Ocean and Pacific

British Indian Ocean Territory
Wavy lines for the ocean, a palm tree and a crown.
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Pitcairn Islands
An anchor and a Bible from the Bounty, whose mutineers settled the island.
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