Flag Counter Forum / Impossible Flags (Countries and Regions)

**Posted by Paul Prince** February 20, 2012 3:54 pm

Countries

Number Of Possible Country Flags = 247
Number Of Impossible Country Flags = 4

These "Unknown" Flags Are Also Available, But Will Not Be Added To Your Total
(Maximum Flag Total On Counter = 251)

A1 - Unknown - Anonymous Proxy
A2 - Unknown - Satellite Provider
AP - Unknown - Asia/Pacific Region
EU - Unknown - European Union
Unknown

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RED = 100% Dead! (Region/Country No Longer Exists, Or Is Not Supported Within The Database)
BLUE = Maybe! (Region/Country Is Currently Unavailable, Commonly Due To Inactive IP's)
GREEN = Unobtained! (It's out there, go find it!)

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List Of Impossible Country Flags

Updated - 28th December 2014

AN - Netherlands Antilles
BV - Bouvet Island
EH - Western Sahara
HM - Heard Island & McDonald Islands

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Regions

Number Of Possible Regional Flags = 2144
Number Of Impossible Regional Flags = 3

If Anyone Gets A Listed Flag, Leave A Message Here So We Can Remove It

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List Of Impossible Regional Flags

Updated - 28th December 2014

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MOROCCO
Oued ed-Dahab-Lagouira
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RUSSIA
Komi-Permyatskiy AO
Ust-Orda Buryatia
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Last edited by Paul Prince (December 28, 2014 10:33 am)

**Posted by intuitiveexplorer** July 19, 2015 5:45 am

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AN - Netherlands Antilles
BV - Bouvet Island
EH - Western Sahara
HM - Heard Island & McDonald Islands
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Did I already get these, since they didn't show up in my missing countries?
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**Posted by Jens** July 19, 2015 1:15 pm

Except the AN flag, you may have the chance to get them.

**Posted by holland25** July 19, 2015 2:18 pm

You can get EH. HM and BV no, since MM completely removed them from their db.

**Posted by intuitiveexplorer** July 19, 2015 5:53 pm

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I read in wikipedia that Heard Island & McDonald Islands (HM) is currently uninhabited, but that a scientific expedition is scheduled to occur in 2016. Is that what happened in the past? That they had set up an IP address in the IP address range assigned to their TLD, so were available then, but discontinued it? I'm not sure exactly how all that works. Is there a resource somewhere that defines the IP address ranges reserved for each TLD, and a list of them?
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Last edited by intuitiveexplorer (July 19, 2015 5:55 pm)

**Posted by intuitiveexplorer** July 19, 2015 5:58 pm

Also, what happened to Netherlands Antilles (AN)? That is one that I do have. I've had 3 visitors from there, the last being on March 27, 2011.

http://www.discogs.com/user/lieuwe · **Posted by lieuwe** July 19, 2015 6:32 pm

intuitiveexplorer wrote:
Also, what happened to Netherlands Antilles (AN)? That is one that I do have. I've had 3 visitors from there, the last being on March 27, 2011.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles

**Posted by intuitiveexplorer** July 19, 2015 8:22 pm

lieuwe, ok, I read it. It's complicated and I don't completely understand it. But if AN was dissolved in 2010, how were you still able to get visits from there until your last visitor from there at the end of 2012? They kept it in the database until then, and some visitors were then just attributed to being from AN even though they were actually from another political unit at the time?

**Posted by holland25** July 19, 2015 10:34 pm

The .an ccTLD still exists, but the IPs have all been assigned to the respective islands by the end of 2012.

http://www.discogs.com/user/lieuwe · **Posted by lieuwe** July 23, 2015 7:52 pm

When you check the country list on this forum you don't find:
Antarctica
French Southern and Antactic Lands
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
US Minor Outlying Islands
Western Sahara

People without those flags get the message that they have a complete counter.
Are they still collectable at this moment??? And when they are, why you get the message:
"Congratulations! You are not missing any countries." when you don't have them.

As an example check missing countries at this counter with 244 flags >> http://s09.flagcounter.com/countries/xQW/

B.t.w. >> I get my last Antartica in Januari this year.

Last edited by lieuwe (August 2, 2015 3:05 pm)