Oceania · DX entity · DXCC 038

Cocos Keeling Islands

Cocos Keeling Islands is a DX entity in Oceania, in CQ zone 29 and ITU zone 54. Its primary prefix is VK9C.

Flag of Cocos Keeling Islands.

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Figure 1. Cocos Keeling Islands and its provinces. 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. At the full detail of the source; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 12.2° S 96.9° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	038
Name in the ADIF standard	COCOS (KEELING) IS.
Continent	Oceania
Primary prefix	VK9C
CQ zone	29
ITU zone	54

Prefixes

VK9C is the primary prefix. The country files list 10 prefixes and prefix blocks for Cocos Keeling Islands.

Show all prefixes

VK9C AX9C AX9Y VI9C VI9Y VK9FC VK9KC VK9Y VK9ZY VZ9Y

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.