Flag of Anguilla
What the flag looks like
A Blue Ensign with the coat of arms in the fly: a white shield with three orange dolphins leaping in a circle above a turquoise base.
What it means
The three dolphins stand for unity, strength and endurance; the white represents peace and the turquoise the surrounding sea.
How to remember it
Anguilla's
badge is three orange dolphins chasing each other in a circle: no lion, no ship, no person.
Fun facts
- The dolphins come from the Dolphin Flag flown during Anguilla's 1967 revolt against rule from St Kitts, which is still widely seen on the island.
- Anguilla's .ai internet domain has become a major source of government income thanks to the boom in artificial intelligence.
Anguilla at a glance
- Status
- British Overseas Territory
- Sovereign state
- United Kingdom
- Capital
- The Valley
- Region
- British Overseas Territory
- Population
- 16,010
- Area
- 91 km²
- Languages
- English
- Currency
- Eastern Caribbean dollar ($)
- Flag adopted
- 1990
Flags often confused with Anguilla
- Turks and Caicos Islands: Anguilla and Turks and Caicos are both Blue Ensigns with sea creatures on the badge. Anguilla has three orange dolphins in a circle on white and turquoise; Turks and Caicos has a conch, a lobster and a cactus on a yellow shield.
- Montserrat: Anguilla and Montserrat are both Caribbean Blue Ensigns with a badge in the fly. Anguilla's badge is three orange dolphins in a circle; Montserrat's is a woman in green with a harp and a cross.
- Cook Islands: Anguilla and the Cook Islands are both Blue Ensigns with a circle in the fly. Anguilla's circle is three orange dolphins on a white and turquoise shield; the Cook Islands' is a ring of fifteen white stars straight on the blue.