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![[Flag of the Bahamas]](../images/b/bs.gif)
(1:2) 
image by Clay Moss, 29 April 2009
Official Name: Commonwealth of The Bahamas
Capital: Nassau
Location: Caribbean
Government Type: Constitutional Monarchy (Queen Elizabeth II)
Flag adopted: 10 July 1973
Coat of arms adopted: 7 December 1971
Designer: Hervis Bain
ISO Code: BS
See also:
Concering Album 2000 [pay00] -
National Flag. CSW/--- 1:2 - The construction details that are
shown around the edges of the image are quite suspicious, unless
I have made a mistake counting on fingers myself. The horizontals
stripse are of equal width, there is no doubt about that, but
vertical division is given as 2+4, i.e. the triangle height is
suposed to be 1/3 of the length. Judging from all the pictures I
have seen that is entirely wrong - the triangle seems to be of
equal sides (i.e. the height is sqrt(3)/2).
Željko Heimer, 7 February 2001
I agree. It is a mistake.
Armand du Payrat, 16 February 2001
Bahamas flag colour shades from Album 2000 are:
Pantone --- CMYK
B 312c --- 100-0-15-0
Y 115c --- 0-10-80-0
Santiago Dotor, 26 February 2001
Smith (1975) [smi75b]
reported: "The golden sands of the 700 Bahamian islands are
reflected in the centre of the flag, while the aquamarine stripes
bring to mind the various shades of ocean waters around those
islands. The black triangle indicates the unity of the
Bahamian people in their determination to develop the resources
of both land and sea."
This seems a bit "embroidered" to me, and given the
fact that the flag was fairly new in 1975 when the book was
published (and probably brand new when he actually wrote it), I
wonder whether Bahamians still see these aspirations in their
flag?
Rob Raeside, 12 March 2001
In Album 2000 - Corr. Nr 1 [pay01]
- Page BA 1.1 (National flag) - New specifications: ~2.6:~3.4
instead of 2:4 along the horizontal axis.
Ivan Sache, 8 October 2001
In the absence of any official statistics, I have looked at
all the available official images I could find, and must agree
that the flag should have an equilateral triangle.
This, I calculate, would give 10-10-10 at the hoist, and 13-17
across the top thus confirming the revised figures shown in the
Album.
Christopher Southworth, 29 April 2009
The protocol manual for the
London 2012 Olympics
(Flags and Anthems Manual
London 2012 [loc12]) provides recommendations
for national flag designs. Each
NOC
was sent an image of the flag, including the
PMS shades, for their approval by LOCOG. Once this was obtained, LOCOG produced
a 60 x 90 cm version of the flag for further approval. So, while these specs may
not be the official, government, version of each flag, they are certainly what
the NOC
believed the flag to be.
For Bahamas: PMS 312 blue, 115 yellow and black. The vertical version is simply
the flag turned through 90 degrees clockwise.
Ian Sumner, 10 October 2012
Bahamas is divided to 21 districts. There are no known flags
of those districts. The districts are:
- Acklins and Crooked Islands
- Bimini
- Cat Island
- Exuma
- Fresh Creek
- Freeport
- Governor's Harbour
- Green Turtle Cay
- Harbour Island
- High Rock
- Inagua
- Kemps Bay
- Long Island
- Mayaguana
- Marsh Harbour
- Nichollstown and Berry Islands
- New Providence
- Ragged Island
- Rock Sound
- Sandy Point
- San Salvador and Rum Cay
List based on Administrative
divisions of the World.
Dov Gutterman, 25 October 2004
The photo at
http://www.flickr.com/
and accompanying caption would suggest that at least one beach in the Bahamas
uses a safety flag system with four flags:
Yellow: Exercise caution
Yellow/Red diagonal: Strong surf; exercise extreme caution (in contrast to the
use of such flags in AU/NZ/GB)
Red: Hazardous surf; no swimming
White with swimmer and red crossed circle: Beach closed, no access.
The extent of the swimming area is marked by buoys, not flags.
Jonathan Dixon, 18 September 2010