Oceania · DX entity · DXCC 171

Mellish Reef

Mellish Reef is a DX entity in Oceania, in CQ zone 30 and ITU zone 56. Its primary prefix is VK9M.

Flag of Australia.

The map of this entity arrives with the DXEntity boundary layer.

Figure 1. Mellish Reef. The boundary is to come. Boundaries: not yet published (GIS-Architecture, the DXEntity layer).

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	171
Name in the ADIF standard	MELLISH REEF
Continent	Oceania
Primary prefix	VK9M
CQ zone	30
ITU zone	56

Prefixes

VK9M is the primary prefix. The country files list 4 prefixes and prefix blocks for Mellish Reef.

Show all prefixes

VK9M AX9M VI9M VZ9M

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.