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
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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.
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Platform Shortcodes
:st_helena: :flag-sh: :st_helena: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🇸🇭 |
| HTML (hex) | 🇸🇭 |
| 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 |