South America · DX entity · DXCC 241

South Shetland Islands

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

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Figure 1. South Shetland Islands and its first-level subdivisions, 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 0.002764 degrees, about 308 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 62.2° S 58.4° W.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	241
Name in the ADIF standard	SOUTH SHETLAND IS.
Continent	South America
Primary prefix	VP8
CQ zone	13
ITU zone	73

Prefixes

VP8 is the primary prefix. The country files list 3 prefixes and prefix blocks for South Shetland Islands.

Show all prefixes

VP8 CE9 XR9

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