Globe showing asia-australia Emoji

Travel

A view of planet Earth centered on the Asian and Australian continents. The globe features swirling white clouds and deep blue oceans, framed against a dark, spherical backdrop that represents our home in space.

Usage Context

Used to denote global events, international travel, or news stories originating from the Pacific Rim. It is often used alongside 🌍 or 🌎 to highlight a specific geographic focus, or with ✈️ to signal travel plans to the Eastern Hemisphere.

History

This icon was added to the Unicode standard in 2010 to help bridge the gap between simple text-based geography and the visual internet. It reflects the early 2000s push to make digital communication feel more global and connected as mobile internet usage began to explode worldwide.

Details

Glyph

🌏

Unicode

U+1F30F

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f30f:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDF0F;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Travel

Subcategory place-map

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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