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Flag (Vexillographical) Map of Europe & North Africa

December 29, 2014 3 Comments

Current Flag (Vexillographical) Map of Europe

Map created by reddit user Mainstay17

Who doesn’t love flags or to use the technical term Vexillology? The map above simply matches European, North African and some Middle Eastern countries with their respective flags.

Now because people always get upset with these types of maps here a few caveats.

  • The Union Jack is used because it’s the official flag of the United Kingdom. While England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are constituent countries of the UK, they are not recognized on the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) list of countries.
  • Crimea remains part of Ukraine, for now.
  • Kosovo appears on the map (a majority of UN member states recognize it)
    • Want to learn more about flags? The Read:

      • The World Encyclopedia of Flags: The definitive guide to international flags, banners, standards and ensigns, with over 400 illustrations
      • Good Flag, Bad Flag
      • Flags of the World

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Filed Under: Europe Tagged With: flags

Comments

  1. silvia says

    January 1, 2015 at 1:09 pm

    The same way you say “Crimea remains part of Ukraine, for now”, you could also say “Crimea remains part of Russia, for now”. Either you define “remain” or you use a non ambiguous word (like belongs de jure).

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    • M17 says

      April 14, 2015 at 4:49 am

      I’m the creator of the map. My heading got removed (even though they credited me?) but I made this in mid-March of 2014, before the Crimea situation flared up. Hope that helps.

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  2. dhkendall says

    April 27, 2015 at 5:37 am

    And, of course, we got an Inception-style Kosovo and Cyprus …

    Reply

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