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Lakshadweep Islands

Lakshadweep Islands is a DX entity in Asia, in CQ zone 22 and ITU zone 41. Its primary prefix is VU7.

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Figure 1. Lakshadweep Islands and its union territories, with neighbouring land in grey. 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 0.003743 degrees, about 417 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 10° N 72.9° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	142
Name in the ADIF standard	LAKSHADWEEP IS.
Continent	Asia
Primary prefix	VU7
CQ zone	22
ITU zone	41

Prefixes

VU7 is the primary prefix. The country files list 1 prefix for Lakshadweep Islands.

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VU7

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.