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Flag: Bouvet Island 🇧🇻

Added in Emoji 2 · Flags Country Flags

Codepoint U+1F1E7 U+1F1FB
Shortcode :bouvet_island:
Version Emoji 2

Meaning

Bouvet Island's flag is the Norwegian flag—a blue Nordic cross outlined in white on a red field—reflecting the island's status as a Norwegian overseas territory. The Nordic cross design is characteristic of Scandinavian flags and represents Christian heritage. The flag identifies this remote, uninhabited volcanic island located in the South Atlantic Ocean between South Africa and Antarctica, making it one of the most isolated places on Earth.

The Bouvet Island flag emoji is exceptionally rare in typical digital communication because the island has no permanent residents—only occasional research expeditions visit this desolate, ice-covered territory. You might encounter it in conversations about polar exploration, geographic trivia, or Norwegian territories. It occasionally appears in niche discussions about the world's most remote locations or in educational content about Norwegian possessions.

Usage is largely confined to geography enthusiasts, polar researchers, or those engaged in comprehensive flag collecting or geographic education. The emoji serves as a curiosity item rather than a practical communication tool. It's sometimes used humorously when discussing the world's least-visited territories or in geography-related games and trivia.

Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 2 in 2015, the Bouvet Island flag emoji is among the least-used country and territory flags globally, representing a place so remote that even flag emoji fans rarely have occasion to use it.

Common Uses

  • Discussing extremely remote and isolated locations
  • Exploring Norwegian territories and possessions
  • Geographic trivia and flag collection
  • Educational content about polar regions

Popular Combos

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Did You Know?

Bouvet Island is so remote and inhospitable that it has no permanent human residents, making it one of the most isolated places on Earth and giving its flag emoji the distinction of representing truly empty territory.

Keywords

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Technical Reference

Platform Shortcodes

GitHub :bouvet_island:
Slack :flag-bv:
Discord :bouvet_island:

Developer Codes

HTML (decimal)
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HTML (hex)
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CSS
\1F1E7\1F1FB
JavaScript
\uD83C\uDDE7\uD83C\uDDFB
Python
\U0001F1E7\U0001F1FB
Java
\uD83C\uDDE7\uD83C\uDDFB
Perl
\x{1F1E7}\x{1F1FB}
PHP / Ruby
\x{1F1E7}\x{1F1FB}
Punycode
xn--2qcn-2qd7
URL Encoded
%F0%9F%87%A7%F0%9F%87%BB
UTF-8 Bytes
0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xA7 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xBB

🇧🇻 in 28 languages

Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.

Language Name
Bengali পতাকা: বোভেট দ্বীপ
Chinese (Simplified) 旗: 布韦岛
Chinese (Traditional) 旗子:布威島
Danish Bouvetøen
Dutch vlag: Bouveteiland
English flag: Bouvet Island
English (UK) flag: Bouvet Island
Estonian lipp: Bouvet’ saar
Finnish lippu: Bouvet’nsaari
French drapeau : Île Bouvet
German Flagge: Bouvetinsel
Hindi झंडा: बोवेत द्वीप
Hungarian zászló: Bouvet-sziget
Italian bandiera: Isola Bouvet
Japanese 旗: ブーベ島
Korean 깃발: 부베섬
Lithuanian vėliava: Buvė Sala
Malay bendera: Pulau Bouvet
Norwegian flagg: Bouvetøya
Polish flaga: Wyspa Bouveta
Portuguese bandeira: Ilha Bouvet
Russian флаг: о-в Буве
Spanish Bandera: Isla Bouvet
Spanish (Mexico) Bandera: Isla Bouvet
Swedish flagga: Bouvetön
Thai ธง: เกาะบูเว
Ukrainian прапор: Острів Буве
Vietnamese cờ: Đảo Bouvet