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๐ญ๐ฒ Heard & McDonald Islands flag emoji
The Heard & McDonald Islands flag emoji ๐ญ๐ฒ is the two-letter flag sequence for HM. Tap the copy button to paste it anywhere.
How the Heard & McDonald Islands flag emoji looks on different platforms
Windows does not draw country flag emoji: it shows the two letters HM instead. Emoji images: Twemoji (CC BY 4.0), Noto Emoji (Apache 2.0), OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
What the Heard & McDonald Islands flag emoji means
Heard Island and the McDonald Islands are an uninhabited Australian territory in the southern Indian Ocean. Heard Island holds Mawson Peak, an active volcano and the highest mountain on Australian territory outside Antarctica. The islands have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997. They have no flag of their own, and many platforms draw the emoji with the Australian flag.
Nobody lives there, so the emoji is almost never used. It shows up in geography trivia and volcano posts.
How to type the Heard & McDonald Islands flag emoji
On iPhone and Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for "Heard & McDonald Islands" 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 HM instead of a flag, because it does not include flag artwork. The emoji is made of two regional indicator symbols, H and M, which platforms combine into one flag.
Popular combinations
- ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ for Mawson Peak
- ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ง for penguins and seals
- ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐บ for Australian territory
- ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ง for glaciers
Heard & McDonald Islands flag emoji codes
| Unicode | U+1F1ED U+1F1F2 |
|---|---|
| HTML entity | 🇭🇲 |
| CSS | \1F1ED\1F1F2 |
| JavaScript / JSON | \ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddf2 |
| Python | \U0001F1ED\U0001F1F2 |
| Shortcode | :flag_hm: |
| Made of | regional indicator symbol letter H + regional indicator symbol letter M |
| Emoji version | Emoji 1.0 / Unicode 6.0 (2010) |
Heard & McDonald Islands flag emoji FAQ
Why does the Heard & McDonald Islands flag emoji show as letters?
Windows does not draw country flag emojis, so ๐ญ๐ฒ appears as the letters HM. iPhone, Android, macOS and most browsers on those systems show the flag.
How do I get the Heard & McDonald Islands flag emoji on Windows?
Copy it from this page and paste it into a chat or document. It will display as HM 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 HM the same as the Hong Kong flag?
No. ๐ญ๐ฒ is Heard and McDonald Islands and ๐ญ๐ฐ is Hong Kong. Their codes differ by one letter.
Which country administers the ๐ญ๐ฒ Heard & McDonald Islands?
Australia administers the territory. Australian expeditioners landed in December 1947 and set up a research station, and the transfer from Britain was backdated to that month, with notes exchanged on 19 December 1950. The islands are uninhabited.
What does HM stand for in the ๐ญ๐ฒ emoji?
HM is the territory's two-letter ISO country code, for Heard Island and McDonald Islands. The emoji is built from the regional indicator letters H and M, which supported platforms combine into one flag symbol. It is a different code from HK, which is Hong Kong.