Magellan Region and Chilean Antarctica (Chile)

Región XII Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena

Last modified: 2005-04-09 by antónio martins
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• http://www.intendenciamagallanes.cl/html/simbolos2.php,
  reported by Sergio Arenas, 14 Jun 2002
• http://www.puntaarenas.cl/bandera.htm,
  reported by Sergio Arenas, 14 Jun 2002

• Magellan and Chilean Antarctica region, official administrative map
  reported by António Martins, 25 Apr 2004

  reported broken by Ivan Sache, 22 Feb 2005

About the flag and coat of arms

I saw recently the flag of the Region XII of Chile, i.e. Magallanes y Antártida Chilena, in Punta Arenas, the capital of this region, flying along the chilean national flag, in front of the seat of the regional government (Nogueira with José Menéndez corner).
Pere Mir, 18 Dec 2000

It is rectangular, having the height two thirds of its length, and is divided in two fields. The upper one is blue where the constellation grazes in the fields of the South Cross, and the lower with the edge serrated symbolizing a mountainous horizon, in ochre yellow. The fields are separated by a narrow white stripe. The ochre yellow is the colour of the typical vegetation of the steppe, the physiographic form most characteristic of the regional, expressive geography as well of the wealth of its ground and its subsoil. The parallel white band to the serrated edge symbolizes the snow that crowns the mountains.
Sergio Arenas, quoting from http://www.puntaarenas.cl/, 24 Aug 2001

Photo of this flag was posted to me by the regional government when I asked for. Flags and arms of the region are official after 5 february 1997 (publication in the Diario Oficial de Chile). Aprobation for regional council was in 12-9-1996.
Jaume Ollé, 28 Jan 2001

Adopted 15 October 1996 by regional resolution nr 42.