Coat of arms of the British Antarctic Territory

The coat of arms of the British Antarctic Territory was first granted in 1952, when the territory was still a dependency of the Falkland Islands (along with South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands).^[1]

Arms of the British Antarctic Territory
Shield	Per Fesse wavy barry wavy of six Argent and Azure and Argent on a Pile Gules a Torch enflamed proper
Supporters	On the dexter side a Lion Or and on the sinister side an Emperor Penguin proper
Motto	Research and Discovery
Earlier version(s)
Use	Coat of arms of the Falkland Islands Dependencies

The arms consist of a shield bearing a flaming torch on a wavy background representing the sea. The dexter supporter is a golden lion, representing the United Kingdom.^[2] The sinister supporter is an Emperor penguin, representing the native wildlife in the territory.^[2] The lion stands on a compartment of grass, while the penguin stands on a compartment of ice.^[1] The crest is a representation of the RRS Discovery, the research ship used in 1901 by the caption Robert Falcon Scott on his first journey to the Antarctic.^[3]

The coat of arms appears in the fly of the flag of the British Antarctic Territory.^[2][3]

Official description

The official blazon granted by the British College of Arms is as follows:^[4]

Arms: Per Fesse wavy barry wavy of six Argent and Azure and Argent on a Pile Gules a Torch enflamed proper.

Supporters: On the dexter side a Lion Or and on the sinister side an Emperor Penguin proper.

Motto: Research and Discovery

See also

• List of coats of arms of the United Kingdom and dependencies
• Coat of arms of the Falkland Islands