Emblem of New Caledonia

The emblem of New Caledonia consists of a nautilus shell in the foreground; the 2 symbols behind are (from left to right) a flèche faîtière, a kind of arrow which adorns the roofs of Kanak houses, thrust through tutut shells, and an Araucaria columnaris (an endemic tall pine).

Emblem of New Caledonia
BlazonA flèche faîtière thrust through tutut shells, and an Araucaria columnaris, all surmounted by the shell of a Nautilus
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See also

  • Flag of New Caledonia

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