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Flag: Christmas Island 🇨🇽

Added in Emoji 2 · Flags Country Flags

Codepoint U+1F1E8 U+1F1FD
Shortcode :christmas_island:
Version Emoji 2

Meaning

Christmas Island's flag features a distinctive design with green and blue horizontal sections representing the lush tropical vegetation and surrounding ocean, with a yellow crescent moon and stars in the center, and a thin gold border line. The flag's design is unique and immediately recognizable, reflecting the island's natural beauty and astronomical connections.

This flag represents Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean, and is used by residents and visitors discussing the island's distinctive culture, wildlife, or geographic significance. It's often paired with content about the island's famous red crab migration—a natural phenomenon that draws attention globally.

You might encounter this flag in discussions about Australian territories, unique island ecosystems, or travel adventures to remote locations. It's also used to celebrate Christmas Island's status as a sovereign territory and its contribution to Australian biodiversity and culture.

Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 2.0 in 2015, the Christmas Island flag is supported across modern platforms, though it remains relatively niche compared to larger nation flags. The island itself gained international recognition in recent years through documentaries about its remarkable wildlife and natural cycles.

Common Uses

  • Representing Christmas Island and Australian territories
  • Discussing the island's unique wildlife and red crabs
  • Celebrating remote island travel and exploration
  • Indicating Australian territory pride

Popular Combos

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Did You Know?

Every year, millions of red crabs migrate across Christmas Island to the ocean to spawn, creating one of nature's most spectacular mass movements and turning the landscape bright crimson.

Keywords

CX flag

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Technical Reference

Platform Shortcodes

GitHub :christmas_island:
Slack :flag-cx:
Discord :christmas_island:

Developer Codes

HTML (decimal)
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HTML (hex)
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CSS
\1F1E8\1F1FD
JavaScript
\uD83C\uDDE8\uD83C\uDDFD
Python
\U0001F1E8\U0001F1FD
Java
\uD83C\uDDE8\uD83C\uDDFD
Perl
\x{1F1E8}\x{1F1FD}
PHP / Ruby
\x{1F1E8}\x{1F1FD}
Punycode
xn--2qco-2qd9
URL Encoded
%F0%9F%87%A8%F0%9F%87%BD
UTF-8 Bytes
0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xA8 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xBD

🇨🇽 in 28 languages

Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.

Language Name
Bengali পতাকা: ক্রিসমাস দ্বীপ
Chinese (Simplified) 旗: 圣诞岛
Chinese (Traditional) 旗子:聖誕島
Danish Juleøen
Dutch vlag: Christmaseiland
English flag: Christmas Island
English (UK) flag: Christmas Island
Estonian lipp: Jõulusaar
Finnish lippu: Joulusaari
French drapeau : Île Christmas
German Flagge: Weihnachtsinsel
Hindi झंडा: क्रिसमस द्वीप
Hungarian zászló: Karácsony-sziget
Italian bandiera: Isola Christmas
Japanese 旗: クリスマス島
Korean 깃발: 크리스마스섬
Lithuanian vėliava: Kalėdų Sala
Malay bendera: Pulau Krismas
Norwegian flagg: Christmasøya
Polish flaga: Wyspa Bożego Narodzenia
Portuguese bandeira: Ilha Christmas
Russian флаг: о-в Рождества
Spanish Bandera: Isla de Navidad
Spanish (Mexico) Bandera: Isla de Navidad
Swedish flagga: Julön
Thai ธง: เกาะคริสต์มาส
Ukrainian прапор: Острів Різдва
Vietnamese cờ: Đảo Giáng Sinh