South America · DX entity · DXCC 141

Falkland Islands

Falkland Islands is a DX entity in South America, in CQ zone 13 and ITU zone 16. Its primary prefix is VP8.

Flag of Falkland Islands.

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Figure 1. Falkland 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 0.002003 degrees, about 223 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 51.7° S 59.5° W.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	141
Name in the ADIF standard	FALKLAND IS.
Continent	South America
Primary prefix	VP8
CQ zone	13
ITU zone	16

Prefixes

VP8 is the primary prefix. The country files list 1 prefix for Falkland Islands.

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VP8

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.