π§π» Bouvet Island flag emoji
The Bouvet Island flag emoji π§π» is the two-letter flag sequence for BV. Tap the copy button to paste it anywhere.
How the Bouvet Island flag emoji looks on different platforms
Windows does not draw country flag emoji: it shows the two letters BV instead. Emoji images: Twemoji (CC BY 4.0), Noto Emoji (Apache 2.0), OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
What the Bouvet Island flag emoji means
Bouvet Island is an uninhabited, glacier-covered volcanic island in the South Atlantic, a dependency of Norway. It is often called the most remote island in the world. It was first sighted in 1739 by the French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, and Norway claimed it in 1927. It has no flag of its own, and many platforms draw the emoji with the Norwegian flag.
Nobody lives there, so the emoji is almost never used. It appears in trivia posts and geography lists.
How to type the Bouvet Island flag emoji
On iPhone and Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for "Bouvet Island" or "flag". On a Mac, press Ctrl+Cmd+Space and search the same way. On Windows, press Win + . to open the emoji panel. Note that Windows shows the two letters BV instead of a flag, because it does not include flag artwork. The emoji is made of two regional indicator symbols, B and V, which platforms combine into one flag.
Popular combinations
- π§π»π§ for the glaciers
- π§π»π for remote ocean
- π§π»π³π΄ for Norwegian dependency
- π§π»π§ for the island's penguins and seals
Bouvet Island flag emoji codes
| Unicode | U+1F1E7 U+1F1FB |
|---|---|
| HTML entity | 🇧🇻 |
| CSS | \1F1E7\1F1FB |
| JavaScript / JSON | \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddfb |
| Python | \U0001F1E7\U0001F1FB |
| Shortcode | :flag_bv: |
| Made of | regional indicator symbol letter B + regional indicator symbol letter V |
| Emoji version | Emoji 1.0 / Unicode 6.0 (2010) |
Bouvet Island flag emoji FAQ
Why does the Bouvet Island flag emoji show as letters?
Windows does not draw country flag emojis, so π§π» appears as the letters BV. iPhone, Android, macOS and most browsers on those systems show the flag.
How do I get the Bouvet Island flag emoji on Windows?
Copy it from this page and paste it into a chat or document. It will display as BV in apps that use Windows fonts, but other people on iPhone or Android will see the flag. Some apps, such as Discord, draw their own flag images.
Why does it look like the Norwegian flag?
Because Bouvet Island belongs to Norway and has no flag of its own, many emoji sets show π§π» with the Norwegian design, the same as π³π΄.