List of Micronesian flags

This is a list of flags associated with the Federated States of Micronesia.

National flags

Flag Duration Use Description
1978–present Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia A flag in a 10:19 featuring four stars, arranged in a circle, on a blue field.[1][2][3][4]

Flags of the States of Micronesia

Flag Duration Use Description
1997–present Flag of Chuuk State
1981–present Flag of Kosrae
1992–present Flag of Pohnpei State A flag featuring a wreath of coconut leaves with six stars and a sakau cup in the middle, on a blue field.
1980–present Flag of Yap State

Flags of municipalities of Micronesia

Chuuk State

Flag Duration Use Description
Link to file Flag of Fefen A blue field containing a mura bird flanked by a torch and wokupuun club, surrounded by a circle of 24 stars representing the island's villages.[5]
Link to file Flag of Houk A blue field with the municipal seal. Below it is the motto "Prosperity Through Unity" in green capital letters.
Link to file Flag of Kuttu A white flag with a seal as the charge.
Link to file 6 June 2011–present Flag of Moch A light blue field with the municipal seal as the charge. A column of three white five-pointed stars representing Moch's villages are to the left, and a column of five representing its clans are to the right.[6]
Link to file Flag of Tonoas A light blue vertical flag with a large, white five-pointed star. Above it is a green witiwit (Ptilinopus porphyraceus) carrying a streamer in its beak reading "e koi epwe saram epwe raan" ("calling for the light to shine on the land"), which is a phrase in the itang secret language. Below the star the year 2002 is inscribed.[5]
Link to file Flag of Tsis A green field with an emblem in the charge.
Link to file Flag of Udot
Flag of Weno

Kosrae

Flag Duration Use Description
Flag of Tafunsak

Pohnpei State

Flag Duration Use Description
Flag of Kitti
Flag of Kolonia A red-white-green triband with a blue canton containing seven white five-pointed stars.
Flag of Madolenihmw
Flag of Mwoakilloa
Flag of Nett Nine stripes alternating between purple and white and a light blue canton, in which nine white stars are arranged in a circle.
Flag of Nukuoro A blue field with three white five-pointed stars arranged in a triangle.
Flag of Pingelap Four rows, yellow, blue, red and white in order, with an emblem in the canton.
Flag of Sokehs
Flag of U A wreath encompassing five white stars on a blue field.

Flags of villages of Micronesia

Chuuk State

Flag Duration Use Description
Flag of Sapuk, Weno A green field with a circle of fourteen white irregular stars.

Historical flags

Flag Duration Use Description
1919–1947 Flag of the Governor of the South Seas Mandate
1965–1980s Flag of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands [7]

Pohnpei State

Flag Duration Use Description
1977-1992 Flag of Pohnpei State

Shipping companies

Flag Duration Use Description
House flag of the FSM line, subsidiary of Kyowa Kisen

References

  1. ^ Complete flags of the world (Rev. & updated 5th ed.). London: DK Pub. 2008. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-7566-4115-3.
  2. ^ Meller, Norman (1972). "The Congress of Micronesia, A Unifying and Modernizing Force" (PDF). USAID. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 18, 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  3. ^ Whitney Smith (2001). Flag lore of all nations. Millbrook Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-7613-1753-1.
  4. ^ "Chapter 5: Flag". Legal Information System of the Federated States of Micronesia. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  5. ^ a b Wentworth, Larry (March 2019). Knowlton, Steven A. (ed.). "Municipal Flags of the Federated States of Micronesia" (pdf). Vexillum. No. 5. North American Vexillological Association. p. 23. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  6. ^ Lupant, Michel R. (2011). "From the Trust Territory of the Pacific to the Federated States of Micronesia". In Guenter, Scot M.; Kaye, Edward B. (eds.). Proceedings of the 24th International Congress of Vexillology. North American Vexillological Association. pp. 691–739. ASIN B009AP0PJM.
  7. ^ Meller, Norman (1972). "The Congress of Micronesia, A Unifying and Modernizing Force" (PDF). USAID. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 18, 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

See also

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