Flag of Tenerife

Use	Civil and state flag
Proportion	5:3/3:2
Adopted	9 May 1989
Design	White saltire on a navy blue field

The Flag of Tenerife is a white saltire (or St Andrew's Cross) over a blue field. The arms of the cross are approximately one fifth the width of the flag and the field is navy blue (azul marino). Blue represents the sea, while the white snow covering the Teide volcano in the winter.

The flag was first adopted as a maritime registry flag of the maritime province of the Canary Islands. It was initially adopted in 1845 by Royal Order and was adopted as the flag of Tenerife by an Order issued on 9 May 1989, with the order appearing in the Boletín Oficial de Canarias on 22 May 1989.

The flag is identical to the Flag of Scotland, except in the shade of blue.

[edit] See also

• Flag of Canary Islands

[edit] References

• Flags of the Canary Islands. Retrieved on 2006-10-16.
• Flag of Tenerife from Tenerife Island Council. Retrieved on 2006-10-16.

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