Canton (flag)
The canton of a flag is the top inner corner of a flag. It is a common location for another flag to be copied in miniature. For instance, the flags of Australia and New Zealand have the Union Jack as their canton.
Current sovereign state flags
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The flag of Abkhazia features a red canton with a white right hand and seven white stars on it.
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The flag of Australia is one of four to feature the Union Flag as a canton.
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The flag of Chile incorporates a blue canton bearing a white five-pointed star.
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The flag of Fiji also has a canton of the Union Flag.
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The flag of Greece has a blue canton with a white Greek cross.
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The flag of Liberia has a blue canton with a white five-pointed star.
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The flag of Malaysia has a canton with a crescent and 14-pointed star in yellow on a blue field.
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The flag of New Zealand is the third with a Union Flag canton.
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The flag of Samoa has a blue canton which bears the Southern Cross constellation in white.
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The flag of Taiwan (ROC) has a navy blue canton bearing a white sun with twelve triangular rays.
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The flag of Togo has a red canton bearing a white five-pointed star.
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The flag of Tonga has a white canton bearing a red Greek cross couped.
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The flag of Tuvalu is the final flag with the Union Flag in its canton.
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The flag of the United States has 50 white stars on a blue canton, standing for the USA's 50 states.
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The flag of Uruguay has a white canton charged with the Sun of May.
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