Meaning
The Pitcairn Islands flag features a blue field with the Union Jack in the upper left corner, indicating British sovereignty, and the islands' coat of arms on the right side. The coat of arms displays a shield with a yellow and green background, featuring a ship called the Bounty—a direct reference to the famous mutiny and the islands' fascinating history. This remote Pacific territory's flag reflects both its British governance and its unique cultural identity rooted in one of history's most storied maritime incidents.
The Pitcairn Islands flag is rarely seen in everyday use but carries immense historical significance. People interested in maritime history, the HMS Bounty mutiny, or British Pacific territories use it to represent this incredibly remote and small community. It appears occasionally in history-focused content and among descendants of the original Bounty settlers.
This flag represents one of the world's smallest territories, with only a few dozen inhabitants. It's a symbol of remarkable resilience and cultural continuity on an island that was originally settled by Polynesian and British mutineers, creating a unique multicultural heritage.
The Pitcairn Islands flag was approved as part of Unicode Emoji 2.0 in 2015, bringing digital recognition to this historically significant and extraordinarily isolated Pacific community.
Common Uses
- • Representing Pitcairn Islands heritage
- • Discussing maritime and mutiny history
- • Celebrating remote island communities
- • Sharing history content about the HMS Bounty
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Did You Know?
The Pitcairn Islands were settled in 1790 by mutineers from HMS Bounty and Polynesian women from Tahiti, making them one of the world's most remote inhabited territories with fewer than 50 residents today.
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Platform Shortcodes
:pitcairn_islands: :flag-pn: :pitcairn_islands: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🇵🇳 |
| HTML (hex) | 🇵🇳 |
| CSS | \1F1F5\1F1F3 |
| JavaScript | \uD83C\uDDF5\uD83C\uDDF3 |
| Python | \U0001F1F5\U0001F1F3 |
| Java | \uD83C\uDDF5\uD83C\uDDF3 |
| Perl | \x{1F1F5}\x{1F1F3} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F1F5}\x{1F1F3} |
| Punycode | xn--2qd1-2qcz |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%87%B5%F0%9F%87%B3 |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB5 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB3 |
🇵🇳 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | পতাকা: পিটকেয়ার্ন দ্বীপপুঞ্জ |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 旗: 皮特凯恩群岛 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 旗子:皮特肯群島 |
| Danish | Pitcairn |
| Dutch | vlag: Pitcairneilanden |
| English | flag: Pitcairn Islands |
| English (UK) | flag: Pitcairn Islands |
| Estonian | lipp: Pitcairni saared |
| Finnish | lippu: Pitcairn |
| French | drapeau : Îles Pitcairn |
| German | Flagge: Pitcairninseln |
| Hindi | झंडा: पिटकैर्न द्वीपसमूह |
| Hungarian | zászló: Pitcairn-szigetek |
| Italian | bandiera: Isole Pitcairn |
| Japanese | 旗: ピトケアン諸島 |
| Korean | 깃발: 핏케언 제도 |
| Lithuanian | vėliava: Pitkerno salos |
| Malay | bendera: Kepulauan Pitcairn |
| Norwegian | flagg: Pitcairnøyene |
| Polish | flaga: Pitcairn |
| Portuguese | bandeira: Ilhas Pitcairn |
| Russian | флаг: о-ва Питкэрн |
| Spanish | Bandera: Islas Pitcairn |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Bandera: Islas Pitcairn |
| Swedish | flagga: Pitcairnöarna |
| Thai | ธง: หมู่เกาะพิตแคร์น |
| Ukrainian | прапор: Острови Піткерн |
| Vietnamese | cờ: Quần đảo Pitcairn |