Flags of Ecuador

The modern coat of arms of Ecuador repeats the coat of arms of 1845 mainly. For the last time small changes in his detail were made in 1930. The central part of the coat of arms occupies a landscape of Ecuador with its highest snow-bound top - extinct volcano. In the Pacific ocean of Galapagos Islands the flag and the coat of arms have a special status. It is a province of Ecuador with the status of a national park, named "Archipelago de Colon". The green, white and blue bands of its flag remind about the unique nature of the protected province and about its location in the ocean. The dark blue and yellow colours of the borders of the coat of arms in combination with a shield with a red vertical line, repeating the colours of the Ecuadorian flag, reminding of the Ecuador’s belonging of the archipelago. The thirteen stars on the blue borders is corresponded to the numbers of the largest islands of the Pacific ocean. A sailing-ship in the first fourth of the shield underlines the value of a navigator in the life of the islands.

An erupting in the second fourth of the shield volcano is the highest volcano of the archipelago - Vulf (1707 m) on the island of Isabela. The colours of the third fourth of the shield correspond with the colours of the island flag. A horn of plenty in the lasr fourth of the shield is character of riches and prosperity. In the centre of the shield – there is a famous elephant tortoise, glorifying the islands and guarded now. A blazing torch and laurel chaplet above the shield are symbols of the triumph of the human mind and conservancy.