Most Wanted Islands On The Air (IOTA)
The list of Most Wanted IOTA Groups at 28-02-2023, based on the percentage of credits confirmed by IOTA membership during the last 5 years, 10 years, and all time. This information was provided to GDXF by IOTA Ltd. and is presented with their permission.
Source: www.iota-world.org/islands-on-the-air/most-wanted-list.html
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Most wanted |
All Most Wanted Ranking
1178 IOTA References
| Africa |
worked by |
| IOTA Ref |
Prefix |
Island Group |
5 years |
10 years |
All time |
| AF-102 |
V5 |
Erongo/Hardap Region group |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AF-105 |
TR |
Nyanga Province group |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AF-106 |
TU |
Cote D'Ivoire group |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AF-107 |
D2 |
Cuanza Sul/Benguela Province group |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AF-108 |
D2 |
Namibe Province group |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AF-110 |
SU |
Red Sea Coast South group |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AF-112 |
5A |
Mediterranean Sea Coast Centre group |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AF-113 |
5A |
Mediterranean Sea Coast East group |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AF-114 |
ST |
Halaib Triangle group |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AF-115 |
ST |
Red Sea State group |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AF-116 |
T5 |
Gulf of Aden West group |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AF-117 |
T5 |
Gulf of Aden East group |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AF-118 |
CN |
Mediterranean Sea Coast group |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AF-041 |
VQ9 |
Egmont group |
0.9 % |
0.7 % |
0.5 % |
| AF-058 |
VQ9 |
Salomon group |
3.5 % |
3.3 % |
3.0 % |
| AF-062 |
ST |
Suakin Archipelago |
4.7 % |
4.5 % |
4.2 % |
| AF-052 |
T5 |
Indian Ocean Coast South group |
5.9 % |
5.5 % |
4.6 % |
| AF-076 |
5N |
Bayelsa/Rivers/Akwa Ibom etc States group |
6.1 % |
6.2 % |
5.1 % |
| AF-101 |
SU |
Red Sea Coast North group |
6.8 % |
6.2 % |
5.3 % |
| AF-077 |
ZS |
Western Cape Province South group |
9.9 % |
9.6 % |
8.7 % |
| AF-079 |
ZS |
Eastern Cape Province group |
10.5 % |
10.1 % |
9.3 % |
| AF-081 |
E3 |
Red Sea Coast South group |
11.5 % |
11.1 % |
10.3 % |
| AF-080 |
E3 |
Red Sea Coast North group |
12.3 % |
12.0 % |
11.7 % |
| AF-095 |
TJ |
Cameroon group |
13.1 % |
12.0 % |
10.2 % |
| AF-082 |
3C |
Rio Muni Province group |
13.2 % |
12.8 % |
11.7 % |
| AF-100 |
9Q |
Bas-Congo Province group |
14.2 % |
12.9 % |
11.3 % |
| Antarctica |
worked by |
| IOTA Ref |
Prefix |
Island Group |
5 years |
10 years |
All time |
| AN-019 |
Various |
Balleny Islands |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AN-020 |
Various |
Scott Island |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AN-021 |
VP8 |
Shag Rocks, South Georgia Island |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AN-018 |
Various |
Palmer Land West (Alexander Island) group |
6.9 % |
6.5 % |
5.7 % |
| AN-013 |
Various |
Trinity Peninsula group |
16.6 % |
15.2 % |
12.3 % |
| AN-012 |
Various |
Graham Land West (Palmer Archip) group |
18.6 % |
17.8 % |
15.3 % |
| AN-017 |
Various |
Adelie Land group |
25.4 % |
23.1 % |
19.1 % |
| AN-011 |
Various |
Ross Island group |
28.1 % |
25.9 % |
21.1 % |
| AN-001 |
Various |
Graham Land West (Adelaide Island) group |
33.5 % |
31.9 % |
26.1 % |
| AN-002 |
3Y |
Bouvet Island |
34.3 % |
33.1 % |
29.2 % |
| AN-004 |
3Y |
Peter 1 Island |
48.6 % |
48.1 % |
42.4 % |
| AN-005 |
VK0 |
Macquarie Island |
51.3 % |
49.7 % |
42.5 % |
| AN-006 |
Various |
Graham Land West (Biscoe Islands) group |
51.3 % |
51.2 % |
47.7 % |
| AN-009 |
VP8 |
South Sandwich Islands |
59.8 % |
58.6 % |
47.0 % |
| AN-015 |
Various |
Queen Maud Land (Prince Harald etc) group |
61.7 % |
59.4 % |
49.2 % |
| AN-007 |
VP8 |
South Georgia Island |
63.3 % |
62.6 % |
50.8 % |
| AN-008 |
Various |
South Orkney Islands |
64.7 % |
62.9 % |
51.0 % |
| AN-003 |
VK0 |
Heard Island |
65.5 % |
64.2 % |
51.2 % |
| AN-010 |
Various |
South Shetland Islands |
75.2 % |
77.3 % |
68.4 % |
| AN-016 |
Various |
Antarctica (Main Island Only) |
82.3 % |
87.2 % |
75.3 % |
| Asia |
worked by |
| IOTA Ref |
Prefix |
Island Group |
5 years |
10 years |
All time |
| AS-178 |
VU |
Andhra Pradesh State North group |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AS-179 |
VU |
Orissa State group |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AS-180 |
AP |
Balochistan Province group |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AS-181 |
AP |
Sindh Province group |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AS-182 |
XZ |
Mon Region group |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AS-183 |
XZ |
Tenasserim Region North group |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AS-184 |
XZ |
Preparis Channel group |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AS-187 |
7O |
Gulf of Aden East group |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AS-188 |
EP |
Khuzestan Province group |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AS-194 |
JA6 |
Senkaku Islands |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AS-195 |
P5 |
P'yongan-Bukto/P'yongan-Namdo Prov group |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AS-196 |
P5 |
Nam'p'o-si/Hwanghae-Namdo Prov group |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AS-197 |
P5 |
Hamgyong-Bukto/Hamgyong-Namdo Prov |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AS-198 |
P5 |
Kangwon-Do Province group |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| AS-016 |
7O |
Gulf Of Aden West group |
0.4 % |
0.4 % |
0.4 % |
| AS-111 |
HZ |
The Gulf group |
4.7 % |
4.6 % |
4.3 % |
| AS-048 |
R0Q |
De Longa Islands |
5.2 % |
4.7 % |
4.2 % |
| AS-050 |
R0B |
Sergeya Kirova Islands |
8.1 % |
7.5 % |
6.7 % |
| AS-009 |
7O |
Red Sea Coast group |
13.7 % |
12.8 % |
9.8 % |
| AS-167 |
XZ |
Irrawaddy/Yangon/Pegu Region group |
14.3 % |
13.1 % |
11.5 % |
| AS-055 |
R0B |
Vize Island |
15.2 % |
14.7 % |
12.4 % |
| AS-165 |
XZ |
Arakan Region group |
17.8 % |
16.7 % |
14.5 % |
| AS-161 |
VU |
Kerala State group |
18.7 % |
18.0 % |
16.1 % |
| AS-164 |
R0Q |
East Siberian Sea Coast West group |
19.9 % |
17.9 % |
14.8 % |
| AS-119 |
A4 |
Musandam Region group |
20.1 % |
19.7 % |
17.4 % |
| AS-168 |
HL2 |
Kangwon-do Province group |
20.2 % |
19.2 % |
16.5 % |
| Europe |
worked by |
| IOTA Ref |
Prefix |
Island Group |
5 years |
10 years |
All time |
| EU-189 |
GM,MM |
Isle of Rockall |
14.7 % |
13.6 % |
10.8 % |
| EU-160 |
R1P |
Barents Sea Coast group |
26.8 % |
26.1 % |
22.6 % |
| EU-151 |
EA5 |
Castellon/Valencia Province group |
35.0 % |
36.0 % |
34.4 % |
| EU-191 |
UR,YO |
Fericirii/Nova Zemlya Island |
36.9 % |
32.1 % |
23.5 % |
| EU-118 |
GM,MM |
Flannan Isles |
38.6 % |
38.6 % |
32.9 % |
| EU-152 |
EA7 |
Almeria/Granada/Malaga Province group |
38.6 % |
37.3 % |
32.1 % |
| EU-156 |
F |
Basse-Normandie (Manche West) Reg group |
39.4 % |
38.4 % |
32.6 % |
| EU-169 |
ZA |
Albania group |
39.9 % |
39.7 % |
34.9 % |
| EU-190 |
RI1FJ |
Viktoriya Island |
39.9 % |
31.4 % |
22.6 % |
| EU-035 |
R1O |
Novaya Zemlya |
40.3 % |
40.7 % |
37.7 % |
| EU-104 |
TK |
Sanguinaires Islands |
40.5 % |
39.4 % |
33.4 % |
| EU-134 |
EA2 |
Bilbao/San Sebastian (Basque) Prov group |
40.7 % |
38.9 % |
33.5 % |
| EU-143 |
EA7 |
Cadiz/Huelva Province group |
40.7 % |
39.6 % |
35.9 % |
| EU-100 |
TK |
Cerbicales Islands |
41.8 % |
40.2 % |
34.4 % |
| EU-112 |
GM,MM |
Shiant Islands |
41.8 % |
38.7 % |
33.5 % |
| EU-106 |
GW,MW |
St Tudwal's Islands |
42.1 % |
41.0 % |
35.1 % |
| EU-111 |
GM,MM |
Monach Islands |
42.1 % |
39.9 % |
33.3 % |
| EU-158 |
SV |
Peloponnisos (Messinia) Region group |
42.2 % |
42.1 % |
37.0 % |
| EU-078 |
EA3 |
Gerona Province group |
42.3 % |
42.3 % |
37.5 % |
| EU-163 |
4O |
Montenegro group |
42.5 % |
42.0 % |
36.9 % |
| EU-166 |
I*9 |
Sicily's Coastal Islands |
42.6 % |
41.8 % |
38.1 % |
| EU-144 |
I*8 |
Calabria/Basilicata Region group |
43.1 % |
43.3 % |
38.6 % |
| EU-102 |
R1P |
Pechorskoye Sea Coast Centre group |
43.4 % |
42.0 % |
38.0 % |
| EU-167 |
CT |
Baixo Alentejo Province group |
43.6 % |
43.2 % |
38.0 % |
| EU-058 |
F |
Provence-Cote D'Azur (Alpes-Marit) group |
44.0 % |
43.2 % |
37.8 % |
| EU-164 |
TK |
Corsica's Coastal Islands |
44.5 % |
44.2 % |
38.4 % |
| North America |
worked by |
| IOTA Ref |
Prefix |
Island Group |
5 years |
10 years |
All time |
| NA-244 |
XE1 |
Marias Islands |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| NA-245 |
XE2 |
Rocas Alijos Islands |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| NA-179 |
XE2 |
Guadalupe Island |
4.6 % |
4.4 % |
4.0 % |
| NA-226 |
XE1 |
Colima/Michoacan State group |
5.7 % |
5.3 % |
4.6 % |
| NA-239 |
KL |
Northern Alaska Peninsula East group |
5.9 % |
5.2 % |
4.0 % |
| NA-187 |
W6 |
CA State Centre (Monterey etc) group |
8.5 % |
8.0 % |
7.1 % |
| NA-043 |
VY0 |
Nunavut (Sverdrup Islands) group |
9.2 % |
8.2 % |
6.4 % |
| NA-216 |
KL |
Northern Alaska Peninsula West group |
9.3 % |
8.8 % |
8.0 % |
| NA-215 |
KL |
Northwest Arctic Borough group |
9.6 % |
9.2 % |
8.2 % |
| NA-017 |
XE2 |
Baja California State South West group |
10.4 % |
10.2 % |
9.1 % |
| NA-238 |
KL |
Southern Alaska Peninsula Centre group |
11.3 % |
10.4 % |
8.5 % |
| NA-074 |
KL |
Nunivak Island |
11.4 % |
10.6 % |
9.6 % |
| NA-229 |
VY0 |
Nunavut (Hudson Bay ? QC Coast) NE group |
11.4 % |
10.6 % |
8.6 % |
| NA-214 |
KL |
Nome Census Area South group |
11.9 % |
11.3 % |
9.9 % |
| NA-121 |
KL |
Dillingham Census Area group |
12.7 % |
11.2 % |
9.4 % |
| NA-201 |
CO7 |
Ciego De Avila/Camaguey Province Sth group |
13.0 % |
12.9 % |
12.0 % |
| NA-236 |
KL |
Sanak Islands |
13.8 % |
12.6 % |
10.2 % |
| NA-188 |
XE3 |
Oaxaca State group |
13.9 % |
13.6 % |
12.4 % |
| NA-209 |
YN |
Caribbean Sea Coast South group |
14.1 % |
13.7 % |
13.1 % |
| NA-197 |
KL |
Kenai Peninsula Borough group |
14.6 % |
13.7 % |
11.7 % |
| NA-241 |
KL |
Kusilvak Census Area group |
14.9 % |
13.6 % |
11.1 % |
| NA-117 |
TI8 |
Puntarenas Province East group |
15.3 % |
14.9 % |
13.7 % |
| NA-237 |
KL |
Southern Alaska Peninsula East group |
15.4 % |
14.2 % |
11.9 % |
| NA-131 |
VY0 |
Nunavut (Kitikmeot Region) East Centre group |
15.7 % |
15.2 % |
13.4 % |
| NA-125 |
VE2 |
QC Province (St Lawrence Gulf) West group |
16.1 % |
15.9 % |
15.1 % |
| NA-206 |
KL |
Barren Islands |
16.2 % |
14.8 % |
12.5 % |
| Oceania |
worked by |
| IOTA Ref |
Prefix |
Island Group |
5 years |
10 years |
All time |
| OC-287 |
ZL9 |
Bounty Islands |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| OC-288 |
KH6,7 |
Nihoa Island |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| OC-289 |
KH6,7 |
Necker Island |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| OC-290 |
KH6,7 |
Gardner Pinnacles |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| OC-291 |
KH6,7 |
Laysan Island |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| OC-292 |
KH6,7 |
Lisianski Island |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| OC-293 |
KH6,7 |
Pearl and Hermes Atoll |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| OC-299 |
V6 |
Yap East group |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| OC-300 |
T31 |
McKean and Nikumaroro Atolls |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| OC-068 |
ZL |
Snares Islands |
1.0 % |
0.9 % |
0.8 % |
| OC-190 |
KH8 |
Rose Atoll |
1.6 % |
1.4 % |
1.2 % |
| OC-055 |
KH6,7 |
French Frigate Shoals |
6.1 % |
6.0 % |
5.4 % |
| OC-214 |
VK6 |
WA State (NW Coast) East group |
8.9 % |
8.8 % |
7.9 % |
| OC-253 |
V6 |
Hall Islands |
12.2 % |
11.3 % |
9.9 % |
| OC-264 |
FO |
Maria Island |
12.2 % |
11.1 % |
9.3 % |
| OC-052 |
FO |
Duke of Gloucester Islands |
12.7 % |
11.4 % |
10.0 % |
| OC-051 |
FO |
Rapa & Marotiri Islands |
14.2 % |
13.0 % |
11.5 % |
| OC-282 |
T32 |
Vostok and Flint Islands |
14.2 % |
13.2 % |
10.4 % |
| OC-180 |
V6 |
Ngulu Atoll |
14.6 % |
13.8 % |
11.8 % |
| OC-263 |
V7 |
Taongi Atoll |
14.7 % |
13.9 % |
11.9 % |
| OC-189 |
3D2 |
Ringgold Isles |
14.9 % |
13.5 % |
11.7 % |
| OC-074 |
ZL9 |
Auckland Islands |
15.2 % |
14.3 % |
11.9 % |
| OC-095 |
3D2 |
Lau group |
15.7 % |
14.7 % |
13.2 % |
| OC-207 |
DU1 |
Cagayan Islands |
16.3 % |
15.4 % |
13.4 % |
| OC-277 |
V6 |
Sorol Atoll |
16.6 % |
15.2 % |
12.8 % |
| OC-056 |
VP6 |
Henderson Island |
16.8 % |
15.6 % |
13.6 % |
| South America |
worked by |
| IOTA Ref |
Prefix |
Island Group |
5 years |
10 years |
All time |
| SA-100 |
CE1 |
Arica y Parinacota/Tarapaca Region group |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| SA-083 |
CE0 |
Salas y Gomez Island |
6.0 % |
6.0 % |
5.4 % |
| SA-056 |
HC4 |
Esmeraldas Province group |
9.9 % |
9.5 % |
9.0 % |
| SA-101 |
CE0 |
Juan Fernandez Archip (Alejandro Selkirk) |
11.9 % |
9.3 % |
6.6 % |
| SA-093 |
HK4 |
Choco Dept North/Antioquia Dept group |
14.4 % |
13.6 % |
12.5 % |
| SA-038 |
PY0R |
Atol Das Rocas |
15.6 % |
14.6 % |
12.1 % |
| SA-065 |
LU |
Chubut Province South group |
17.8 % |
16.9 % |
14.9 % |
| SA-084 |
HK4 |
Choco Department South group |
18.6 % |
17.6 % |
15.4 % |
| SA-053 |
CE7 |
Aisen Region South group |
18.9 % |
17.3 % |
14.8 % |
| SA-017 |
HK5 |
Cauca/Valle Department group |
19.5 % |
19.1 % |
17.0 % |
| SA-067 |
PP1 |
Espirito Santo State group |
19.7 % |
19.1 % |
18.0 % |
| SA-063 |
YV8 |
Monagas/Delta Amacuro State group |
20.2 % |
19.5 % |
17.5 % |
| SA-085 |
CE1 |
Atacama Region group |
20.9 % |
20.4 % |
17.7 % |
| SA-015 |
YV5 |
Los Monjes Archipelago |
21.1 % |
20.9 % |
19.1 % |
| SA-077 |
PY1 |
Rio De Janeiro State East group |
21.1 % |
19.8 % |
16.6 % |
| SA-073 |
OA5 |
Ica Department group |
21.3 % |
20.6 % |
18.7 % |
| SA-087 |
LU |
Santa Cruz Province North group |
21.7 % |
20.7 % |
18.3 % |
| SA-075 |
OA2 |
La Libertad Department group |
22.5 % |
21.1 % |
17.4 % |
| SA-051 |
YV5 |
Las Aves Islands |
22.7 % |
21.7 % |
18.5 % |
| SA-074 |
OA3 |
Ancash Department group |
22.9 % |
22.3 % |
19.3 % |
| SA-096 |
LU |
Chubut Province North group |
24.7 % |
22.5 % |
16.3 % |
| SA-097 |
CE9 |
Diego Ramirez Islands |
24.7 % |
23.1 % |
17.5 % |
| SA-092 |
PZ |
Suriname group |
24.9 % |
22.8 % |
19.6 % |
| SA-082 |
HK2 |
Magdalena/Guajira Department group |
25.1 % |
22.4 % |
19.1 % |
| SA-094 |
CE8 |
Ultima Esperanza Province South group |
25.7 % |
24.4 % |
20.6 % |
| SA-021 |
LU |
Buenos Aires (Bahia Blanca) Province group |
25.8 % |
24.7 % |
22.3 % |