Flag of Ross Dependency
| Ratio | 1:2 | ||||||||
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| Adoption | 1994 | ||||||||
| Design | A light blue field with a white stripe at the bottom, the Union Jack on the canton and four white-filembrated five-point red stars on the fly. | ||||||||
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History
Currently, only the New Zealand national flag serves in an official capacity in the Ross Dependency. The only other 'official' flag seen in photographs was the New Zealand Post flag to denote Scott Base's post office.
Ross Dependency (New Zealand's territorial claim in Antarctica) uses the New Zealand flag, but vexillologist James Dignan's design concept was seen flying there at one time (when a friend of Dignan took it with him to Vanda Station in 1994). [0]
Meaning
The New Zealand flag is the basis for his design, though with an 'Ice Blue' background representing the Ross Sea, and the white horizontal bar at the bottom of the flag representing the Ross Ice Shelf. [0]
