| Use | Civil and state flag |
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| Proportion | 5:3/3:2 |
| Adopted | 9 May 1989 |
| Design | White saltire on a navy blue field |
The Flag of Tenerife is a white saltire (or Cross of Burgundy or St. Andrew's Cross)[1] over a blue field. The arms of the cross are approximately one fifth the width of the flag and the field is navy blue (azul marino). Blue represents the sea, while the white snow covering the Teide volcano in the winter.
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The flag was first adopted as a maritime registry flag of the maritime province of the Canary Islands. It was initially adopted in 1845 by Royal Order and was adopted as the flag of Tenerife by an Order issued on 9 May 1989, with the order appearing in the Boletín Oficial de Canarias on 22 May 1989.
The flag is similar to the Flag of Scotland in design. The difference is that the Scottish Saltire's field color is Pantone 300 (azure or sky blue) instead of the Tenerife's "navy blue" field.
There is a popular tradition on the island of Tenerife trying to explain the resemblance of the Flag of Tenerife with the Flag of Scotland. According to which, the most influential masters of the island of Tenerife chose a design similar to the Scottish flag it belonged to the Masonic Grand Lodge of Scotland and proposed a similar flag for the island of Tenerife.
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