Oceania · DX entity · DXCC 133

Kermadec Islands

Kermadec Islands is a DX entity in Oceania, in CQ zone 32 and ITU zone 60. Its primary prefix is ZL8.

Flag of New Zealand.

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Figure 1. Kermadec Islands and its first-level subdivisions. 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 0.0002366 degrees, about 26 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 29.3° S 177.9° W.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	133
Name in the ADIF standard	KERMADEC IS.
Continent	Oceania
Primary prefix	ZL8
CQ zone	32
ITU zone	60

Prefixes

ZL8 is the primary prefix. The country files list 2 prefixes and prefix blocks for Kermadec Islands.

Show all prefixes

ZL8 ZM8

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.