Flag of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas
Description
- Three horizontal bands of aquamarine, gold, and aquamarine with a black equilateral triangle based at the hoist
- Adopted on 10 July 1973 upon independence from the United Kingdom
- Designed through a national competition; colours and proportions were standardised by the Bahamas government
Trivia
- The design was chosen from among public submissions; no single designer is officially credited with the final artwork
- The aquamarine (not blue) is specifically evocative of the shallow Caribbean waters around the islands
- The black triangle pointing into the gold and blue symbolises the unity and forward determination of the people
Flag of the Bahamas
The flag of the Bahamas features three horizontal bands of aquamarine, gold, and aquamarine, with a black equilateral triangle based at the hoist and pointing toward the centre of the field. It was adopted on 10 July 1973, the day the Bahamas became independent from the United Kingdom, and was selected from designs submitted to a national competition without a single named designer.
The aquamarine bands symbolise the turquoise waters that surround the archipelago of more than seven hundred islands, and the gold represents the warm sun and the golden sand beaches that line them. The black triangle stands for the vigour, unity, and forward determination of the Bahamian people as they take forward the natural wealth of land and sea.
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