South America · DX entity · DXCC 071

Galapagos Island

Galapagos Island is a DX entity in South America, in CQ zone 10 and ITU zone 12. Its primary prefix is HC8.

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Figure 1. Galapagos Island 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. Simplified for this page to 0.003424 degrees, about 381 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 0.1° N 90.6° W.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	071
Name in the ADIF standard	GALAPAGOS IS.
Continent	South America
Primary prefix	HC8
CQ zone	10
ITU zone	12

Prefixes

HC8 is the primary prefix. The country files list 2 prefixes and prefix blocks for Galapagos Island.

Show all prefixes

HC8 HD8

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.