Oceania · DX entity · DXCC 153

Macquarie Island

Macquarie Island is a DX entity in Oceania, in CQ zone 30 and ITU zone 60. Its primary prefix is VK0M.

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Figure 1. Macquarie Island 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 0.0009469 degrees, about 105 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 54.6° S 158.9° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	153
Name in the ADIF standard	MACQUARIE I.
Continent	Oceania
Primary prefix	VK0M
CQ zone	30
ITU zone	60

Prefixes

VK0M is the primary prefix. The country files list 1 prefix for Macquarie Island.

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VK0M

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.