This list shows the Island Groups that have been claimed by less than 15 percent of IOTA participants. Special rules apply to activations from these groups. ![]()
AF-028 Socotra 7O 0.3
AF-037 Sierra Leone Northern/Western Province Group 9L 11.6
AF-041 Egmont Group VQ9 0.9
AF-052 Indian Ocean Coast South T5 8.1
AF-056 Sierra Leone Southern Province Group 9L 14.2
AF-058 Salomon Group VQ9 5.7
AF-062 Suakin Archipelago ST 8.2
AF-068 Western Sahara South Group S0 12.3
AF-070 Karas Region Group V5 11.5
AF-074 Lindi / Mtwara Region Group 5H 13.0
AF-075 Dar Es Salaam / Pwani Region Group 5H 14.5
AF-076 Bayelsa / Rivers / Akwa Ibom etc States Group 5N 7.5
AF-077 Western Cape Province South Group ZS 13.8
AF-091 Jendouba / Bizerte / Tunis / Nabeul Reg Group 3V 14.9
AF-095 Cameroon Group TJ 10.9
AF-100 Bas-Congo Province Group 9Q 12.4
AF-101 Red Sea Coast North Group SU 5.7
AF-102 Erongo / Hardap Region Group V5 0.0
AF-103 Zambezia District Group C9 12.7
AF-105 Nyanga Province Group TR 0.0
AF-106 Cote d’Ivoire Group TU 0.0
AF-107 Cuanza Sul / Benguela Province Group D2 0.0
AF-108 Namibe Province Group D2 0.0
AF-109 Nile Delta and Sinai Region Group SU 0.0
AF-110 Red Sea Coast South Group SU 0.0
AF-111 Liberia Group EL 0.0
AF-112 Mediterranean Sea Coast Centre Group 5A 0.0
AF-113 Mediterranean Sea Coast East Group 5A 0.0
AF-114 Halaib Triangle Group ST 0.0
AF-115 Red Sea State Group ST 0.0
AF-116 Gulf of Aden West Group T5 0.0
AF-117 Gulf of Aden East Group T5 0.0
AN-013 Trinity Peninsula group Various 12.1
AN-014 Berkner Island Various 0.2
AN-018 Palmer Land West [ AKA Alexander Island ] Various 6.3
AN-019 Balleny Islands Various 0.0
AN-020 Scott Island Various 0.0
AN-021 Shag Rocks VP8 0.0
AS-009 Red Sea Coast group 7O 2.7
AS-016 Gulf of Aden West group 7O 0.5
AS-029 Lyakhovskiye Islands R0Q 11.8
AS-033 Nicobar Islands VU 5.4
AS-048 De Longa Islands R0Q 7.8
AS-050 Sergeya Kirova Islands R0B 10.0
AS-061 Ratmanova (Big Diomede) Island R0K 5.1
AS-063 Laptev Sea Coast East group R0B 13.0
AS-068 Kara Sea Coast Centre group R0B 14.9
AS-069 Iony Island R0C 4.0
AS-071 Bering Sea Coast North group R0K 7.5
AS-082 Laptev Sea Coast Centre group R0Q 11.1
AS-086 Izvestiy TS.I.K Islands R0B 8.5
AS-087 Arkticheskogo Instituta Islands R0B 10.3
AS-088 Qatar group A7 8.8
AS-092 Bering Sea Coast South group R0K 4.5
AS-104 Kara Sea Coast East group R0B 10.1
AS-111 The Gulf group HZ 6.6
AS-127 Chittagong Region group S2 7.7
AS-140 Khulna / Barisal Region group S2 12.1
AS-142 Sea of Okhotsk Coast group R0Z 14.8
AS-162 South China Sea Coast North group 3W 12.8
AS-163 Laptev Sea Coast East group R0Q 14.0
AS-164 East Siberian Sea Coast West group R0Q 13.0
AS-167 Irrawaddy / Yangon / Pegu Region group XZ 14.0
AS-172 Sea of Okhotsk Coast North group R0C 9.1
AS-175 Gujarat State West group VU 0.0
AS-176 Gujarat State East group VU 0.0
AS-177 Goa State group VU 0.0
AS-178 Andhra Pradesh State North group VU 0.0
AS-179 Orissa State group VU 0.0
AS-180 Balochistan Province group AP 0.0
AS-181 Sindh Province group AP 0.0
AS-182 Mon Region group XZ 0.0
AS-183 Tenasserim Region North group XZ 0.0
AS-184 Preparis Channel group XZ 0.0
AS-185 Gulf of Tongking South group 3W 0.9
AS-186 Syria group YK 14.2
AS-187 Gulf of Aden East group 7O 0.0
AS-188 Khuzestan Province group EP 0.0
AS-189 Bushehr Province group EP 0.0
AS-190 Red Sea Coast North (Tabuk Province) group HZ 0.0
AS-191 Red Sea Coast Centre (Al Madinah / Makkah Province) group HZ 0.0
AS-192 Red Sea Coast South (Jizan Province) group HZ 0.0
AS-193 Farasan Islands HZ 8.7
AS-194 Senkaku Islands JA6 0.0
AS-195 P’yongan-Bukto / P’yongan-Namdo Province group P5 0.0
AS-196 Nam’p'o-si / Hwanghae-Namdo Province group P5 0.0
AS-197 Hamgyong-Bukto / Hamgyong-Namdo Province group P5 0.0
AS-198 Kangwon-do Province group P5 0.0
AS-199 Andhra Pradesh State South group VU 1.6
EU-189 Isle of Rockall GM;MM 3.6
NA-004 North Slope County Centre group KL 13.5
NA-043 Nunavut (Sverdrup Islands) group VY0 6.5
NA-064 Near Islands (Agattu and Attu) group KL 13.0
NA-070 Rat Islands KL 5.5
NA-121 Dillingham / Bristol Bay County group KL 11.5
NA-129 Nunavut (Banks Island) group VE8 9.2
NA-150 Little Diomede Island KL 14.0
NA-153 Yucatan State group XE3 6.4
NA-157 Valdez Cordova County East group KL 13.9
NA-158 Kenai – Cook Inlet group KL 10.0
NA-159 Nunavut (King George Islands) group VY0 7.6
NA-171 Sinaloa State group XE2 6.2
NA-172 North Slope County North group KL 9.7
NA-178 California State Centre (Sonoma to Santa Cruz County) group W6 13.8
NA-179 Guadalupe Island XE2 8.5
NA-182 NWT (Inuvik Region) East group VE8 5.5
NA-184 California State North (Del Norte to Mendocino County) group W6 14.7
NA-185 Nunavut (Keewatin Region) group VY0 10.7
NA-186 Nunavut (Hudson Bay – Manitoba Coast) group VY0 3.1
NA-187 California State Centre (Monterey / San Luis Obispo County) group W6 13.1
NA-189 Nayarit / Jalisco State group XE1 11.0
NA-191 Guanacaste Province group TI7 11.5
NA-192 NWT (Inuvik Region) West group VE8 9.7
NA-197 Kenai Peninsula County group KL 12.5
NA-200 Quintana Roo State South group XE3 13.3
NA-207 Nunavut (Hudson Bay – Ontario Coast) South group VY0 13.2
NA-208 Nunavut (Kitikmeot Region) East group VY0 12.0
NA-210 Nome County Centre group KL 8.0
NA-211 Oregon State group W7 12.8
NA-212 Pacific Ocean Coast group YN 14.3
NA-214 Nome County South group KL 14.1
NA-215 Northwest Arctic County group KL 12.2
NA-216 Northern Alaska Peninsula West group KL 12.4
NA-218 Las Tunas / Holguin / Santiago de Cuba Province group CO8 14.9
NA-223 Gracias a Dios Department group HR 9.9
NA-226 Colima / Michoacan State group XE1 6.1
NA-227 Nunavut (Kitikmeot Region) West group VY0 14.2
NA-229 Nunavut (Hudson Bay – Quebec Coast) North East group VY0 6.0
NA-230 Nunavut (Ottawa Islands) group VY0 0.0
NA-231 Nunavut (Hudson Bay – Ontario Coast) North group VY0 0.0
NA-232 St Matthew Island KL 0.0
NA-233 Delarof Islands KL 0.0
NA-234 Islands of Four Mountains KL 6.9
NA-235 Semidi Islands KL 0.0
NA-236 Sanak Islands KL 0.0
NA-237 Southern Alaska Peninsula East group KL 11.8
NA-238 Southern Alaska Peninsula Centre group KL 8.2
NA-239 Northern Alaska Peninsula East group KL 0.0
NA-240 Bethel County group KL 0.0
NA-241 Wade-Hampton County group KL 9.0
NA-242 North Slope County West group KL 0.0
NA-243 Greenland’s Coastal Islands North East group OX 13.5
NA-244 Marias Islands XE1 0.0
NA-245 Rocas Alijos Islands XE2 0.0
OC-041 Ninigo group P2 12.7
OC-052 Duke of Gloucester Islands FO 11.6
OC-055 French Frigate Shoals KH6;KH7 9.8
OC-057 Maupihaa group FO 14.8
OC-062 Pukapuka Atoll FO 13.6
OC-068 Snares Islands ZL 0.8
OC-069 Lihir group P2 13.7
OC-076 Sula Islands YB8 9.9
OC-094 Disappointment Islands FO 13.6
OC-098 Pukapuka Atoll [ AKA Danger Islands ] E5 9.6
OC-099 Tabar Islands P2 13.2
OC-101 Feni Islands P2 13.1
OC-102 Tanga Islands P2 8.0
OC-103 St Matthias group P2 14.7
OC-105 Cagayan de Sulu group DU8 4.8
OC-109 Natuna Selatan Islands [ AKA Subi Besar Islands ] YB5 4.9
OC-113 Actaeon group FO 5.1
OC-119 Jolo group DU8 14.6
OC-122 Tambelan Islands YB5 5.3
OC-123 Niuafo’ou Island A3 12.8
OC-127 Rennell Island H4 10.3
OC-132 East Yap group V63 13.0
OC-145 Halmahera group YB8 13.6
OC-157 Banda Islands YB8 8.3
OC-162 Shortland Islands H4 14.9
OC-163 Vanikolo and Utupua Islands H4 11.0
OC-166 Kalimantan’s Coastal Islands East YB7 13.4
OC-167 Kapingamarangi Atoll V63 3.1
OC-168 Russell Islands H4 13.1
OC-174 Tawi Tawi group DU8 9.7
OC-175 Sarangani Islands DU9 11.2
OC-179 Duff Islands H4 7.0
OC-180 Ngulu Atoll V63 14.3
OC-188 Pangutaran group DU8 5.1
OC-189 Ringgold Islands 3D2 14.7
OC-190 Rose Atoll KH8 2.6
OC-191 Niuatoputapu Island A3 13.1
OC-192 Ontong Java Atoll H4 8.4
OC-194 New South Wales State North group VK2 11.7
OC-204 Enggano Island YB4 10.1
OC-205 Woodlark group [ AKA Muyua group ] P2 5.7
OC-208 Banggai Islands YB8 9.8
OC-209 Talaud Islands YB8 14.9
OC-211 Houtman Abrolhos VK6 10.8
OC-214 Western Australia State (N.W. Coast) East group VK6 13.9
OC-215 Mentawai Islands YB5 11.5
OC-216 Ashmore and Cartier Islands VK9 4.1
OC-217 Kangean Islands YB3 12.8
OC-218 Matthew and Hunter Islands FK 7.2
OC-219 Tukangbesi Islands YB8 6.8
OC-222 Obi Islands YB8 13.2
OC-223 New South Wales State South group VK2 13.9
OC-224 Tanimbar Islands YB8 13.3
OC-225 Turtle Islands DU8 8.5
OC-226 Mwokil and Pingelap Atolls [ AKA Mokil and Pingelap Atolls ] V63 13.9
OC-231 Green Islands P2 9.2
OC-238 Pukarua and Reao Atolls FO 13.3
OC-239 Irian Jaya’s Coastal Islands West YB9 14.8
OC-246 Leti and Sermata Islands YB8 9.8
OC-247 Sabalana and Tengah Islands YB8 14.1
OC-249 Aru Islands YB8 14.9
OC-253 Hall Islands V63 13.3
OC-257 Nuguria Islands P2 11.3
OC-260 Oroluk Atoll V63 6.6
OC-263 Taongi Atoll [ AKA Bokaak Atoll ] V73 14.9
OC-264 Maria Island FO 11.1
OC-267 Coral Sea Islands Territory North VK9 14.2
OC-268 Laut Kecil Islands YB7 13.0
OC-271 Babar Islands YB8 0.0
OC-272 Barat Daya Islands YB8 0.0
OC-273 Gorong and Watubela Islands YB8 0.0
OC-274 Lucipara and Penyu Islands YB8 0.0
OC-275 Irian Jaya’s Coastal Islands South YB9 0.0
OC-276 Mapia Islands YB9 0.0
OC-277 Sorol Atoll V63 10.8
OC-278 Ujelang Atoll V73 0.0
OC-279 Malden Island T32 0.0
OC-280 Starbuck Island T32 0.0
OC-281 Caroline Island [ AKA Millennium Island ] T32 0.0
OC-282 Vostok and Flint Islands T32 0.0
OC-283 Tauu Islands [ AKA Takuu Islands ] P2 14.2
OC-284 Nukumanu Islands P2 14.8
OC-285 Stewart Islands [ AKA Sikaiana Atoll ] H4 0.0
OC-286 Antipodes Islands ZL 0.0
OC-287 Bounty Islands ZL 0.0
OC-288 Nihoa Island KH6;KH7 0.0
OC-289 Necker Island KH6;KH7 0.0
OC-290 Gardner Pinnacles KH6;KH7 0.0
OC-291 Laysan Island KH6;KH7 0.0
OC-292 Lisianski Island KH6;KH7 0.0
OC-293 Pearl and Hermes Atoll KH6;KH7 0.0
OC-294 Sandy Island VK 0.0
OC-295 Sebatik Island 9M6;YB7 13.7
SA-031 Wollaston & Hermite Islands CE9 2.1
SA-038 Atol Das Rocas PY0R 13.7
SA-041 Maranhao State West group PR8 10.7
SA-048 Sucre State East group YV7; 4M7 7.3
SA-062 Bahia State South group PY6 10.8
SA-071 Sao Paulo State Centre group PY2 12.7
SA-075 La Libertad Department group OA2 10.2
SA-083 Salas y Gomez Island CE0; XR0 9.4
SA-095 O’Higgins / Maule region group CE4 0.0
SA-096 Chubut Province North group LU 0.0
SA-097 Diego Ramirez Islands CE9 0.0
SA-098 Arequipa / Moquegua / Tacna Department group OA6 8.9

