Sable, a Nordic cross Azure fimbriated Or, and on a canton a galley proper Or charged with a raven sable
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Andrea Merchant and Niall Smith[1]
The Caithness flag is the flag of the county of Caithness. It was registered with the Flag Institute as the official flag of the county in 2016.[2] The flag was unveiled by the Lord Lyon, Dr Joseph Morrow, at a ceremony in Caithness House, Wick on 26 January 2016. The Nordic cross design symbolises the ancient ties of the county to the Vikings. The black recalls the county's geology with the famous Caithness flagstone, while the gold and blue allude to the beaches and sea reinforcing the maritime nature of the county and its heritage. The traditional emblem of Caithness, a galley, is placed in the first quarter, with a raven upon its sail as it appears in the county's civic arms.[2]
^"Caithness". British County Flags. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
^ ab"VIDEO - New Caithness flag unveiled at Wick ceremony". John O'Groats Journal and Caithness Courier. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017.
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h-Eaglaise Beag (west of Strath Halladale, Sutherland) Loch Ealach Beag (Flow Country, Caithness) Loch Ealach Mór (Flow Country, Caithness) Loch nan Ealachan...
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crosses of Saint George (the Flagof England), with that of Saint Andrew. There was also a Scottish version of this flag, in which the cross of Saint Andrew...
the blue in the Union flag). The Union flag in landscape in specific colours (the flag must be positioned to the far-left side of the number plate) A background...
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