Africa · DX entity · DXCC 033

Chagos Islands

Chagos Islands is a DX entity in Africa, in CQ zone 39 and ITU zone 41. Its primary prefix is VQ9.

Flag of Chagos Islands.

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Figure 1. Chagos Islands 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 0.002699 degrees, about 300 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 6.3° S 71.9° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	033
Name in the ADIF standard	CHAGOS IS.
Continent	Africa
Primary prefix	VQ9
CQ zone	39
ITU zone	41

Prefixes

VQ9 is the primary prefix. The country files list 1 prefix for Chagos Islands.

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VQ9

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.