Ascension Island: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) |
||
| Line 12: | Line 12: | ||
The arms of Ascension features the green turtle for which Ascension is so famous, hosting the second largest green turtle nesting rookery in the Atlantic, the white tern (locally referred to as the 'fairy tern') and the endemic Ascension Parsley Fern. | The arms of Ascension features the green turtle for which Ascension is so famous, hosting the second largest green turtle nesting rookery in the Atlantic, the white tern (locally referred to as the 'fairy tern') and the endemic Ascension Parsley Fern. | ||
In 2004 the following proposal was put | In 2004 the following proposal was put forward to the Ascension assembly, but not approved: | ||
[[File:ascencion1.jpg|center|350 px|Arms of Ascension island (proposal)]] | [[File:ascencion1.jpg|center|350 px|Arms of Ascension island (proposal)]] | ||
Revision as of 13:05, 19 October 2019
 |
 Civic heraldry of the United Kingdom |
 |
|
ASCENSION ISLAND
Official blazon
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted in February 2, 2012.
The arms of Ascension features the green turtle for which Ascension is so famous, hosting the second largest green turtle nesting rookery in the Atlantic, the white tern (locally referred to as the 'fairy tern') and the endemic Ascension Parsley Fern.
In 2004 the following proposal was put forward to the Ascension assembly, but not approved:
Contact and Support
Partners:
Your logo here ?
Contact us
© since 1995, Heraldry of the World, Ralf Hartemink 
Index of the site