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๐น๐ซ French Southern Territories flag emoji
The French Southern Territories flag emoji ๐น๐ซ is the two-letter flag sequence for TF. Tap the copy button to paste it anywhere.
How the French Southern Territories flag emoji looks on different platforms

Windows does not draw country flag emoji: it shows the two letters TF instead. Emoji images: Twemoji (CC BY 4.0), Noto Emoji (Apache 2.0), OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
What the French Southern Territories flag emoji means
The French Southern and Antarctic Lands include the Kerguelen and Crozet archipelagos, Saint-Paul and Amsterdam islands, and Adรฉlie Land claims in Antarctica. The flag has a French tricolour canton, the initials T.A.A.F and five stars. There is no permanent population, only research station staff, a few hundred people depending on the season.
The emoji is rarely used. You will mostly see it in polar science, penguin and geography posts.
How to type the French Southern Territories flag emoji
On iPhone and Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for "French Southern Territories" 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 TF instead of a flag, because it does not include flag artwork. The emoji is made of two regional indicator symbols, T and F, which platforms combine into one flag.
Popular combinations
- ๐น๐ซ๐ง for penguins and seabirds
- ๐น๐ซ๐ฌ for research stations
- ๐น๐ซ๐ง for Antarctica
- ๐น๐ซ๐ซ๐ท for French administration
French Southern Territories flag emoji codes
| Unicode | U+1F1F9 U+1F1EB |
|---|---|
| HTML entity | 🇹🇫 |
| CSS | \1F1F9\1F1EB |
| JavaScript / JSON | \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddeb |
| Python | \U0001F1F9\U0001F1EB |
| Shortcode | :flag_tf: |
| Made of | regional indicator symbol letter T + regional indicator symbol letter F |
| Emoji version | Emoji 1.0 / Unicode 6.0 (2010) |
French Southern Territories flag emoji FAQ
Why does the French Southern Territories flag emoji show as letters?
Windows does not draw country flag emojis, so ๐น๐ซ appears as the letters TF. iPhone, Android, macOS and most browsers on those systems show the flag.
How do I get the French Southern Territories flag emoji on Windows?
Copy it from this page and paste it into a chat or document. It will display as TF 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.
Is TF the same as the French flag emoji?
No. ๐น๐ซ has its own code and on many platforms its own flag, while ๐ซ๐ท is the tricolour for France itself.
What does the French Southern Territories flag look like?
The flag of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands has the French tricolour in the canton, often with a white border. In the lower fly, the letters T.A.A.F form a white monogram styled like an anchor, surrounded by five white stars. It was adopted on 23 February 2007.
What do the letters T.A.A.F on the French Southern Territories flag stand for?
T.A.A.F stands for Terres Australes et Antarctiques Franรงaises, the French name of the territory. On the flag the letters form a white monogram stylised to resemble an anchor, which sits among five white stars on the ๐น๐ซ flag.
What is the French Southern and Antarctic Lands?
It is an overseas territory of France made up of Adรฉlie Land, the Crozet Islands, the Kerguelen Islands, Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands and the Scattered Islands. It became an overseas territory in 1955, and before that its islands were attached to the Colony of Madagascar and Dependencies.