Emblem of New Caledonia

Emblem of New Caledonia

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The emblem of New Caledonia consists of a nautilus shell in the foreground; the 2 symbols behind are (from left to right) a Flèche faîtière, a kind of arrow which adorns the roofs of Kanak houses, thrust through tutut shells, and an Araucaria columnaris (an endemic tall pine).

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A French tricolour defaced with New Caledonia's emblem (unofficial).

External links

Media related to Coats of arms of New Caledonia at Wikimedia Commons

Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front at Flags of the World

Seals and coats of arms of Oceania

Sovereign states	Australia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Indonesia Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue

Dependencies and other territories	American Samoa Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Easter Island French Polynesia Guam Hawaii New Caledonia Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Pitcairn Islands Tokelau Wallis and Futuna

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Emblem of New Caledonia

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