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The World

Amateur radio divides the world into seven continents and 340 current DX entities, the countries, territories and islands that count as separate places on the air.

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Figure 1. The seven continents of amateur radio, each DX entity in its continent’s tint, with a 30° graticule and the equator, tropics, polar circles and prime meridian dashed. Hover for the code and name; 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 0.045 degrees, about 5 km at the equator; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Equal Earth (EPSG:8857).

Continents

The seven continents of amateur radio
Continent	Code	Current entities	Deleted entities
Africa	AF	76	18
Antarctica	AN	2	0
Asia	AS	55	18
Europe	EU	68	7
North America	NA	50	6
Oceania	OC	59	12
South America	SA	30	1

Sources: ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification 3.1.8, DXCC Entity Code enumeration; Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026; ARRL, DXCC List, January 2026.

How continents are counted

The atlas uses the seven continents of the DXCC list, the ADIF standard and Islands on the Air: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America. The Worked All Continents award counts six, leaving out Antarctica, and the country files that contest software reads follow it, so some programs place the Antarctic entities in South America.