Flag of Scotland - Similar Flags

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Inverse representations, (blue saltire on a white field), of the Scottish Saltire are also used outside Scotland. In Canada, an inverse representation of the Saltire, combined with the shield from the Royal Arms of the Kingdom of Scotland, forms the modern flag of the Canadian Province of Nova Scotia (New Scotland), the first colonial venture of the Kingdom of Scotland into the Americas. The flag and arms of the Nova Scotian county of Annapolis comprise inverse representations of the flag of Scotland.

The U.S. state of Alabama's flag is officially "a crimson cross of St. Andrew on a field of white", however the reference is used only to describe the shape without using the vexillological term saltire. Similarly, the Spanish island of Tenerife and the remote Colombian islands of San Andrés and Providencia also use the saltire on their flags. The Saltire is also the flag for St. Andrew's Scots School in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and its "spinoff" university Universidad de San Andrés.

In Russia, during the period before and after the Soviet Union, the naval ensign of the Russian Navy has been an inverse representation of the Cross of Saint Andrew. The flag, known in Russian as the Andreyevsky flag, also forms the basis of the naval jack and several rank flags of the Russian Navy. (Saint Andrew is also a patron saint of Russia).

In Poland, the official banner of the city of Kraków, (twinned with Edinburgh), feature the coat of arms of Kraków overlying a white saltire on a blue field. The Dutch municipality of Sint-Oedenrode, named after the Scottish princess Saint Oda, also uses the Saltire as the basis of its flag, although in this case the Saltire is defaced with a gold castle, having on both sides a battlement.

  • Flag of the Scottish Australian Heritage Council, Australia

  • Regimental flag of the Royal Regiment of Scotland

  • Unofficial design; popular with members of the Tartan Army

  • Flag of Tenerife, Spain

  • Maritime signal flag "M" (MIKE)

  • Flag of Saint Andrews & Providence, Colombia

  • Flag of Ivars d'Urgell; a municipality within Pla d'Urgell, Catalonia, Spain

  • Banner of Krakow, Poland

  • Flag of Sint-Oedenrode, Netherlands

  • Flag of Arrigorriaga, Biscay, Spain

  • Flag of Quatis, Brazil

  • Flag of Ullà, Spain

  • Provincial Flag of Nova Scotia, Canada

  • Flag of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada

  • Russian Navy Ensign

  • Flag of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  • Flag of the city of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

  • Flag of Lemoa, Biscay, Spain

  • Flag of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia

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