Flags · Emoji 2.0

Flag: Bouvet Island emojiFlag: Bouvet Island Emoji

🇧🇻 is the flag for Bouvet Island, an uninhabited Norwegian territory in the far South Atlantic. It’s basically the ultimate obscure-flag joke.

🇧🇻 stands for Bouvet Island, a frozen, uninhabited volcanic island claimed by Norway, often called one of the most isolated spots on Earth.

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Unicode
U+1F1E7 U+1F1FB
Released
2015
Shortcode
:flag-bv:
Skin tones
No
U+1F1E7 U+1F1FBTwitter / X
Flag: Bouvet Island emoji, Twitter / X design

01 — Meaning

What does the 🇧🇻 Flag: Bouvet Island emoji mean?

In plain english
🇧🇻 is the flag for Bouvet Island, an uninhabited Norwegian territory in the far South Atlantic. It’s basically the ultimate obscure-flag joke. 🇧🇻 sits in beach emojis, where it is listed next to everything used the same way. It also turns up in flag emojis.
Where it comes from
🇧🇻 stands for Bouvet Island, a frozen, uninhabited volcanic island claimed by Norway, often called one of the most isolated spots on Earth. No one lives there — just glaciers and seabirds. It shows up mostly in flag trivia and “most useless flag” jokes rather than real conversation.
Also known as

People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 1.

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02 — Platforms

Flag: Bouvet Island emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X

The character is always U+1F1E7 — but every vendor draws it their own way. This is what your flag: bouvet island looks like to the person on the other side.

Flag: Bouvet Island emoji on Apple
AppleiPhone, iPad, macOS
Flag: Bouvet Island emoji on Google
GoogleAndroid, Gmail, Chrome
Flag: Bouvet Island emoji on Twitter / X
Twitter / XX, Discord, Twemoji apps
Flag: Bouvet Island emoji on Facebook
FacebookFacebook, Messenger
Flag: Bouvet Island emoji on OpenMoji
OpenMojiOpen-source, design systems

See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.

03 — Copy & codes

Flag: Bouvet Island emoji copy and paste

Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :flag-bv:.

All emoji copy and paste →

In your code

Pick the notation your language wants. They all resolve to the flag: bouvet island, code point U+1F1E7.

04 — How to type

How to type the 🇧🇻 Flag: Bouvet Island emoji

No picker to hand? The flag: bouvet island can be typed straight from the keyboard — the codes for that are below, one per system.

iPhone & iPad
Tap the smiley or globe key at the bottom-left of the keyboard, then search “flag: bouvet island”. No emoji key? Settings → General → Keyboard → Keyboards → Add New Keyboard → Emoji.
Android
On Gboard tap the smiley key, or long-press the Enter or comma key. On Samsung Keyboard the emoji button sits behind the gear icon.
Windows & Mac
Windows: press Win + . for the emoji panel. Mac: Control + Command + Space. Then type “flag: bouvet island”.
Slack & Discord
Type the shortcode :flag-bv: and it converts to 🇧🇻 as you send. The full set is on the Discord emoji page.
Websites & code
In HTML use 🇧🇻, in CSS \1F1E7\1F1FB, in JavaScript \u{1F1E7}\u{1F1FB}.
No picker to hand? The online emoji keyboard works in any browser, and every character on the site is listed on emoji copy and paste.

05 — Download

Flag: Bouvet Island emoji PNG and SVG

Grab the flag: bouvet island as transparent PNG or SVG. Each system ships its own drawing, and the licence stays with the vendor, all 5 of them.

Emoji PNG library →
Download Flag: Bouvet Island emoji, Apple style Apple PNG · 160px Download Flag: Bouvet Island emoji, Google style Google PNG · 160px Download Flag: Bouvet Island emoji, Twitter / X style Twitter / X SVG vector Download Flag: Bouvet Island emoji, Facebook style Facebook PNG · 64px Download Flag: Bouvet Island emoji, OpenMoji style OpenMoji SVG vector

06 — Combinations

Flag: Bouvet Island emoji combinations

Ready-made combos built around flag: bouvet island for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.

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Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.

07 — In conversation

What 🇧🇻 means from a girl or a guy

Same emoji, different intent depending on who sent it and what came before.

From a girl
A girl sending 🇧🇻 is almost certainly joking, usually in a flag quiz or a “most random emoji” bit with friends. It’s not a real place she’s been or is going, more a fun fact dropped for a laugh at someone’s expense.
From a guy
A guy sending 🇧🇻 is doing the same thing — showing off obscure geography knowledge or trolling a friend with an unanswerable flag question. It’s a novelty emoji more than a genuine reference to anything real.
How to reply
If someone sends you 🇧🇻, you could reply with: “that’s not even a real place 😂,” “okay google it is,” or “you win, I have no idea.”
Used in a sentence

08 — Apps

What 🇧🇻 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord

The character is the same everywhere, but the artwork and the reading of it change from app to app.

TikTok & Instagram
🇧🇻 is the flag for Bouvet Island, an uninhabited Norwegian territory in the far South Atlantic. It’s basically the ultimate obscure-flag joke. In comments and captions it is read the same way — the tone comes from what it sits next to.
WhatsApp
WhatsApp draws 🇧🇻 with Apple-style artwork on every phone, so it looks identical for both sides. A message with only 🇧🇻 in it is shown enlarged.
Discord & Slack
Both accept the shortcode :flag-bv:. Discord renders Twemoji, so 🇧🇻 looks different there than on your phone.
Outlook & email
Outlook has no emoji picker on desktop — press Win + . or Control + Command + Space inside the message body, or paste 🇧🇻 from the copy button above.

10 — Difference

🇧🇻 vs 🇦🇫 — what is the difference?

Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.

🇧🇻 Flag: Bouvet Island

Unicode name: Flag: Bouvet Island

Code: U+1F1E7 U+1F1FB · added 2015

Shortcode: :flag-bv:

🇧🇻 is the flag for Bouvet Island, an uninhabited Norwegian territory in the far South Atlantic.

🇦🇫 Flag: Afghanistan

Unicode name: Flag: Afghanistan

Code: U+1F1E6 U+1F1EB · added 2015

Shortcode: :flag-af:

Generally, it just means “Afghanistan.”

Open 🇦🇫 Flag: Afghanistan →

11 — History

Where the 🇧🇻 Flag: Bouvet Island emoji came from

It arrived with the 2.0 release of the standard, which dates the flag: bouvet island to 2015.

Twitter / XTwemoji
Flag: Bouvet Island emoji, Twitter / X, Twemoji 14
Twemoji 14
Flag: Bouvet Island emoji, Twitter / X, Twemoji 15
Twemoji 15
Flag: Bouvet Island emoji, Twitter / X, Twemoji 16
Twemoji 16
Flag: Bouvet Island emoji, Twitter / X, Twemoji 17
Twemoji 17

Same character every time — U+1F1E7 U+1F1FB never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.

2015
Added to the standard

Flag: Bouvet Island was approved as U+1F1E7 U+1F1FB and shipped in Emoji 2.0 (2015). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.

Today
Drawn 5 different ways

Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so 🇧🇻 is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.

12 — FAQ

Flag: Bouvet Island emoji — questions people actually ask

What does the 🇧🇻 Flag: Bouvet Island emoji mean?
🇧🇻 is the flag for Bouvet Island, an uninhabited Norwegian territory in the far South Atlantic. It’s basically the ultimate obscure-flag joke.
What does 🇧🇻 mean from a girl?
A girl sending 🇧🇻 is almost certainly joking, usually in a flag quiz or a “most random emoji” bit with friends. It’s not a real place she’s been or is going, more a fun fact dropped for a laugh at someone’s expense.
What does 🇧🇻 mean from a guy?
A guy sending 🇧🇻 is doing the same thing — showing off obscure geography knowledge or trolling a friend with an unanswerable flag question. It’s a novelty emoji more than a genuine reference to anything real.
How do you reply to the 🇧🇻 emoji?
If someone sends you 🇧🇻, you could reply with: “that’s not even a real place 😂,” “okay google it is,” or “you win, I have no idea.”
What else is the 🇧🇻 emoji called?
Flag: Bouvet Island is the official Unicode name, but people search for it as “flag emoji” and more. They all refer to the same character, U+1F1E7 U+1F1FB.
What is the Unicode code for 🇧🇻?
The Flag: Bouvet Island emoji is U+1F1E7 U+1F1FB, added in Emoji 2.0 (2015). In HTML you can write it as 🇧🇻, and in CSS as \1F1E7\1F1FB.
How do I copy and paste the 🇧🇻 emoji?
Tap the copy button at the top of this page — 🇧🇻 goes straight to your clipboard and pastes into Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, Discord or any text field. You can also copy its shortcode :flag-bv: for Slack and Discord.
Does 🇧🇻 look the same on every phone?
No. Flag: Bouvet Island is drawn separately by each vendor — Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook and OpenMoji all ship their own artwork for U+1F1E7. The character you send is identical; only the picture changes.