South America · DX entity · DXCC 235

South Georgia Island

South Georgia Island is a DX entity in South America, in CQ zone 13 and ITU zone 73. Its primary prefix is VP8.

Flag of South Georgia Island.

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Figure 1. South Georgia 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 0.001613 degrees, about 180 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 54.4° S 36.9° W.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	235
Name in the ADIF standard	SOUTH GEORGIA I.
Continent	South America
Primary prefix	VP8
CQ zone	13
ITU zone	73

Prefixes

VP8 is the primary prefix. The country files list 2 prefixes and prefix blocks for South Georgia Island.

Show all prefixes

VP8 VP0G

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.