South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands flag emoji 🇬🇸
🇬🇸 is the flag of South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, ISO code GS. Copy it here.
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About the South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands flag emoji
Flag of South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, a Blue Ensign with the territory’s coat of arms, a shield with a lion, seal and fur seal supporters. The emoji is 🇬🇸. The characters behind the South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands flag are the regional indicators for G and S, spelling GS; two such letters in a row always render as one flag: South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands’s. Windows has no flag artwork, so there GS appears as the letters G S. South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (GS) joined the flag set in Emoji 1.0 (2015); GS renders on every major platform except Windows. Copy GS from the card; the flag emoji hub groups South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands with the other Other territories flags, such as Clipperton Island, listed beside South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands.
Unicode name: flag: South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands · U+1F1EC U+1F1F8 · Emoji 2.0 (2015) · group: Flags.
How people use it
- National pride: South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (GS) next to a name, a result or a holiday post, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands style
- Travel: a trip to South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, a photo location, or a “from → to” bio with GS
- Language: GS as shorthand for the language of South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands in menus, captions and bios about South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
- Sport: team line-ups, match threads and medal tables for GS, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
- In other languages: Spanish Islas Georgia del Sur y Sandwich del Sur, French Géorgie du Sud-et-les Îles Sandwich du Sud, German Südgeorgien und die Südlichen Sandwichinseln
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Use it for | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| flag: South Georgia & South Sandwich IslandsU+1F1EC U+1F1F8 | GS: the South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands flag | ISO code GS | |
| flag: Clipperton IslandU+1F1E8 U+1F1F5 | Near South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: code CP | Other territories, like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands | |
| flag: U.S. Outlying IslandsU+1F1FA U+1F1F2 | Near South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: code UM | Other territories, like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands | |
| flag: French Southern and Antarctic LandsU+1F1F9 U+1F1EB | Near South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: code TF | Other territories, like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands |
Questions people ask
What flag is 🇬🇸?
🇬🇸 is the flag of South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands — a Blue Ensign with the territory’s coat of arms, a shield with a lion, seal and fur seal supporters.
How do I type the South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands flag emoji?
Search “South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands” in the emoji keyboard’s Flags section, type :flag_gs: in Discord or Slack, or copy GS from this page: it is the regional indicators G and S.
Why does the South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands flag show as letters?
Windows has never shipped flag images, so the South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands flag becomes the letters G S there; every other major platform draws GS.
About this guide
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