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Oceania

Oceania holds 59 current DX entities and 12 deleted ones in the DXCC list.

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Figure 1. Oceania: its DX entities in colour, the rest of the world in grey, with a 10-degree graticule, the Maidenhead fields lettered, and the notable parallels 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: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 15° S 175° E.

Current entities

Entity	DXCC	Prefix	CQ zone	ITU zone
American Samoa	009	KH8	32	62
Austral Islands	508	FO	32	63
Australia	150	VK	29, 30	55, 58, 59
Baker and Howland Islands	020	KH1	31	61
Banaba Island (Ocean Island)	490	T33	31	65
Brunei Darussalam	345	V8	28	54
Central Kiribati (British Phoenix Islands)	031	T31	31	62
Chatham Islands	034	ZL7	32	60
Chesterfield Islands	512	FK	30	56
Christmas Island	035	VK9X	29	54
Cocos Keeling Islands	038	VK9C	29	54
Conway Reef	489	3D2	32	56
Ducie Island	513	VP6	32	63
East Malaysia	046	9M6	28	54
Eastern Kirabati (Line Islands)	048	T32	31	61, 63
Fiji	176	3D2	32	56
French Polynesia	175	FO	32	63
Guam	103	KH2	27	64
Hawaii	110	KH6	31	61
Indonesia	327	YB	28	51, 54
Johnston Island	123	KH3	31	61
Kermadec Islands	133	ZL8	32	60
Kure Island	138	KH7K	31	61
Lord Howe Island	147	VK9L	30	60
Macquarie Island	153	VK0M	30	60

Deleted entities

Deleted entities no longer count for new contacts. Each counts for contacts made within its dates; the end date shown is the first day contacts no longer count.

Entity	DXCC	Counted from	Deleted	CQ zone	ITU zone
British North Borneo	025	the start of DXCC	16 September 1963	28	54
Celebe and Molucca Islands	030	the start of DXCC	1 May 1963	28	54
Java	119	the start of DXCC	1 May 1963	28	54
Kingman Reef	134	the start of DXCC	30 March 2016	31	61
Minerva Reef	178	the start of DXCC	16 July 1972	32	62
Netherlands Borneo	183	the start of DXCC	1 May 1963	28	54
Netherlands New Guinea	184	the start of DXCC	1 May 1963	28	51
Papua Territory	198	the start of DXCC	16 September 1975	28	51
Portuguese Timor	200	the start of DXCC	15 September 1976	28	54
Sarawak	220	the start of DXCC	16 September 1963	28	54
Sumatra	258	the start of DXCC	1 May 1963	28	54
Territory of New Guinea	267	the start of DXCC	16 September 1975	28	51

Sources: ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification 3.1.8, DXCC Entity Code enumeration; Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026 (continents, zones, prefixes); ARRL, DXCC List, January 2026 (the authority; deleted entities' dates).