Flag Of St Eustatius

History of sint eustatius flag day.

Flag of st eustatius. The flag is rectangular in shape with a red border and is divided into four blue squares. Eustatius seems still in the process of adopting a flag. Sɪnt øːˈstaːtsijʏs also known locally as statia ˈ s t eɪ ʃ ə is an island in the caribbean it is a special municipality officially public body of the netherlands. Mark sensen 14 jan 2004 in the local newspaper the daily herald of 10 september 2004 it was reported that the lt.

The flag of sint eustatius was adopted on 16 november 2004 the island s flag was designed by zuwena suares. The motto superba. The flag is rectangular with the colors blue red white gold and green and divided in four five sided blue polygons each fimbriated red. Sint eustatius flag day is a public holiday on sint eustatius known locally as statia.

Tourism and in particular diving tourism is important to the island. The shield is made up of three different parts containing the golden rock fort oranje and an angelfish which collectively represent the past present. The flag is divided into four five sided blue fields each edged in red. Eustatius netherlands antilles announced the new flag and coat of arms of st.

Sint eustatius island and special municipality within the kingdom of the netherlands. The government is the largest employer on st eustatius. A white diamond rests in the center of the flag and contains the island in the middle with a five point golden star above. The coat of arms of st.

The largest private employer is statia terminals an oil terminal of the american company nustar. The holiday is observed on november 16th each year. Sint eustatius dutch pronunciation. Unsurprisingly one flag is that of sint eustatius.

It lies on the northern part of the lesser antilles. 21 square kilometers and has a population of approximately 3 200 people. In the diamond is the silhouette of the island in green. In its center is a diamond form white field.

The flag was designed by zuwena suares. Eustatius flag was adopted on november 16 2004. Angel fish coat of arms. Eustatius is a small dutch caribbean island located in the north eastern caribbean sea.

When is sint eustatius flag day. The flag of st. Eustatius measures 11 8 square miles approx. The other is the original reason for this.

The island lies in the northern leeward islands portion of the west indies southeast of the virgin islands sint eustatius is immediately to the northwest of saint kitts. P if you thought the latter award yourself half a point it is about a red white and blue flag but the one with stars and stripes rather than horizontal bands on november 16th 1776 the andrew doria under the command of captain isaiah robinson of the newly created us navy entered statia s harbour and fired off a 13 gun salute one for each of the original colonies. The island is dominated by two extinct volcanoes with a flat central plain separating them. This public holiday is a tale of two flags.