Tanzania Nigeria United States Kenya South Africa Ghana India Uganda Cote D'Ivoire Liberia Cameroon Zambia Egypt Pakistan Singapore Democratic Republic of the Congo Benin Senegal Indonesia Bangladesh Morocco Ethiopia Mozambique Malawi Mali Niger Germany Rwanda Togo Russia United Kingdom Burkina Faso Philippines Zimbabwe Guinea Burundi Madagascar Algeria Sierra Leone Sudan Mexico Myanmar Netherlands France Turkey Iran Ireland Nepal Gabon Colombia Angola Brazil Tunisia Venezuela Malaysia Republic of the Congo Somalia Canada Botswana Thailand Vietnam Peru Sri Lanka Gambia Italy Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates China Czech Republic South Sudan Ecuador Chad Mauritania Ukraine Uzbekistan Iraq Namibia Spain Dominican Republic Syria Cuba Jordan Romania Australia Afghanistan Azerbaijan Norway Comoros Cambodia Portugal Mauritius Yemen Argentina Poland Hong Kong Haiti Japan Lesotho Eswatini Hungary Guatemala Eritrea Libya Papua New Guinea Central African Republic Bulgaria Oman Georgia Sweden Belgium Albania Honduras Bolivia Greece New Zealand Finland Switzerland Serbia Kuwait Lithuania Chile Jamaica Kazakhstan Equatorial Guinea Lebanon Laos Qatar Austria Turkmenistan Palestinian Territory El Salvador Guinea-Bissau Cabo Verde Djibouti Israel Denmark Nicaragua Bahamas Vanuatu South Korea Bahrain Armenia Bosnia and Herzegovina Fiji Belarus Slovakia Solomon Islands Kyrgyzstan Taiwan Reunion Tajikistan Panama Trinidad and Tobago Croatia Timor-Leste Moldova Costa Rica Guyana Sao Tome and Principe Uruguay Mongolia Luxembourg Paraguay Cyprus Belize Latvia North Macedonia Barbados Malta Maldives Mayotte Kiribati Estonia Seychelles Saint Lucia Puerto Rico United States Minor Outlying Islands Suriname Iceland Grenada Slovenia Tonga Kosovo Samoa Bhutan Dominica Martinique New Caledonia Guam French Polynesia Macao Brunei Darussalam Turks and Caicos Islands Cayman Islands Curacao Guadeloupe Montenegro Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Micronesia American Samoa Gibraltar U.S. Virgin Islands Guernsey British Virgin Islands Isle of Man Sint Maarten Cook Islands Saint Kitts and Nevis British Virgin Islands Flag Meaning & Details 1 VISITOR FROM HERE! British Virgin Islands Flag Flag Information blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Virgin Islander coat of arms centered in the outer half of the flag the coat of arms depicts a woman flanked on either side by a vertical column of six oil lamps above a scroll bearing the Latin word VIGILATE (Be Watchful) the islands were named by COLUMBUS in 1493 in honor of Saint Ursula and her 11 virgin followers (some sources say 11,000) who reputedly were martyred by the Huns in the 4th or 5th century the figure on the banner holding a lamp represents the saint the other lamps symbolize her followers
Learn more about British Virgin Islands »
Source: CIA - The World Factbook