Europe · DX entity · DXCC 118

Jan Mayen

Jan Mayen is a DX entity in Europe, in CQ zone 40 and ITU zone 18. Its primary prefix is JX.

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Figure 1. Jan Mayen and its counties. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.001157 degrees, about 129 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: polar stereographic, central meridian 8.5° W.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	118
Name in the ADIF standard	JAN MAYEN
Continent	Europe
Primary prefix	JX
CQ zone	40
ITU zone	18

Prefixes

JX is the primary prefix. The country files list 1 prefix for Jan Mayen.

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Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.