The addition of the DXCC entity of Annobon Island to the DXCC Countries List was announced in the October 1971 QST, p107, the anouncement  in "DXCC Notes" is as follows:


"An announcement is hereby made of the addition to the Countries List of Annobon Island. Annobon Island is located off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea and is territory belonging to Equatorial Guinea. The consideration of Annobon Island as separate from Equatorial  Guinea comes under point 2(a) of the criteria (see page 88, February 1969, QST). Confirmations for contacts with Annobon Island may be submitted for contacts with Annobon Island may be submitted for DXCC credits starting September 1, 1971."


Location map (credit: World Factbook 2002):


Island map (credit


Prefix:  3C0


Ranking in "Most Wanted" league.


The IOTA reference for Annobon Island is AF-039.



Whitelisting

Annobon Island is a whitelisted DXCC entity. The following table lists stations known to have been QRV from Annobon Island and which are thought to be good for DXCC credit.
The callsigns below are the only ones that Club Log will map to Annobon Island. These callsigns have been taken from QSL cards and other sources.
Callsigns that are not listed below, or QSOs outside the exception date range, will be not be mapped to Annobon Island but will be mapped as INVALID.
Please advise any missing valid Annobon callsigns to Alan, 5B4AHJor via the Help Desk.


CallDate/Note (follow callsign links to see exact dates, QSLs and additional notes)
3C0AN1971 - July
3C0AB1979 - October
3C0AB, 3C0AC1982 - January
3C0A1986 - June
3C0GD
1989 - November
3C0CW1991 - August
3C0R1999 - September
3C0V2003 - September/October
3C0M2006 - October/November
3C0C2010 - June
3C0E2012 - February/March
3C0BYP2014 - February/March
3C0L2017 - October
3C0W2018 - March


The ones that didn't count
3C0N/D2SA, D2SA/3C0
1994/95 Pirate operation
3C0APirate operation except for June 1986


Acknowledgements and references

Dokufunk

Hamgallery Annobon Island, Africa, 3C0

Les Nouvelles DX

Wikipedia Annobón