Europe · DX entity · DXCC 222

Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands is a DX entity in Europe, in CQ zone 14 and ITU zone 18. Its primary prefix is OY.

Flag of Faroe Islands.

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Figure 1. Faroe Islands and its regions. 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 0.001688 degrees, about 188 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 61.9° N 7° W.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	222
Name in the ADIF standard	FAROE IS.
Continent	Europe
Primary prefix	OY
CQ zone	14
ITU zone	18

Prefixes

OY is the primary prefix. The country files list 2 prefixes and prefix blocks for Faroe Islands.

Show all prefixes

OY OW

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.