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Flag: St. Helena 🇸🇭

Added in Emoji 2 · Flags Country Flags

Codepoint U+1F1F8 U+1F1ED
Shortcode :flag_sh:
Version Emoji 2

Meaning

St. Helena's flag displays the Union Jack in the upper left corner, with the island's coat of arms centered on a blue field. The coat of arms features a three-masted ship, a wire bird, and a rocky coastline—all significant to this remote South Atlantic island's history and geography.

This flag is primarily used by residents and those with connections to St. Helena, a British Overseas Territory located roughly midway between Africa and South America. You'll encounter it in discussions about the island's history, particularly its role as a strategic naval outpost, and in travel content about one of the world's most remote inhabited islands. It's less commonly seen in everyday messaging compared to flags of larger nations, but appears among island enthusiasts, British territory communities, and geographic trivia discussions.

The flag symbolizes St. Helena's colonial heritage and unique isolation—the island is famous for being where Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled. Using this flag online is a niche way to celebrate the island's distinctive character or acknowledge its historical significance.

Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 2.0 in 2015, the St. Helena flag represents one of the world's most isolated populated territories in emoji form.

Common Uses

  • Discussing St. Helena's history and geography
  • Showing connection to the island community
  • Highlighting the remote location in travel content
  • Referencing Napoleon's exile and historical events

Popular Combos

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Did You Know?

St. Helena only received its first airport in 2017, making it one of the last inhabited islands to get air access—before that, the only way to reach it was by ship.

Keywords

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Technical Reference

Platform Shortcodes

GitHub :st_helena:
Slack :flag-sh:
Discord :st_helena:

Developer Codes

HTML (decimal)
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HTML (hex)
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CSS
\1F1F8\1F1ED
JavaScript
\uD83C\uDDF8\uD83C\uDDED
Python
\U0001F1F8\U0001F1ED
Java
\uD83C\uDDF8\uD83C\uDDED
Perl
\x{1F1F8}\x{1F1ED}
PHP / Ruby
\x{1F1F8}\x{1F1ED}
Punycode
xn--2qd4-2qct
URL Encoded
%F0%9F%87%B8%F0%9F%87%AD
UTF-8 Bytes
0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB8 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xAD

🇸🇭 in 28 languages

Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.

Language Name
Bengali পতাকা: সেন্ট হেলেনা
Chinese (Simplified) 旗: 圣赫勒拿
Chinese (Traditional) 旗子:聖赫勒拿島
Danish St. Helena
Dutch vlag: Sint-Helena
English flag: St. Helena
English (UK) flag: St. Helena
Estonian lipp: Saint Helena
Finnish lippu: Saint Helena
French drapeau : Sainte-Hélène
German Flagge: St. Helena
Hindi झंडा: सेंट हेलेना
Hungarian zászló: Szent Ilona
Italian bandiera: Sant’Elena
Japanese 旗: セントヘレナ
Korean 깃발: 세인트헬레나
Lithuanian vėliava: Šv. Elenos Sala
Malay bendera: Saint Helena
Norwegian flagg: St. Helena
Polish flaga: Wyspa Świętej Heleny
Portuguese bandeira: Santa Helena
Russian флаг: о-в Св. Елены
Spanish Bandera: Santa Elena
Spanish (Mexico) Bandera: Santa Elena
Swedish flagga: S:t Helena
Thai ธง: เซนต์เฮเลนา
Ukrainian прапор: Острів Святої Єлени
Vietnamese cờ: St. Helena