Europe · DX entity · DXCC 259

Svalbard

Svalbard is a DX entity in Europe, in CQ zone 40 and ITU zone 18. Its primary prefix is JW.

Flag of Norway.

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Figure 1. Svalbard and its territories. 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 0.006761 degrees, about 753 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: polar stereographic, central meridian 22.1° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	259
Name in the ADIF standard	SVALBARD
Continent	Europe
Primary prefix	JW
CQ zone	40
ITU zone	18

Prefixes

JW is the primary prefix. The country files list 1 prefix for Svalbard.

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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.