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The DXCC entity of Mellsh Reef was added to the DXCC Countries list in 1972.

QST October 1972 announces:

"Announcement is hereby made of the addition to the ARRL Countries List of Mellish Reef. Located at approximately 17 degrees 25 minutes South latitude and 155 degrees 52 minutes East longitude, Mellish Reef is territory belonging to Australia. This addition to the Countries List is made under Point 2(a) of the criteria <snip>.

Submissions for DXCC credits of confirmations for contacts made with Mellish Reef may be made starting November 1, 1972"

Unusually, no statement is made of the date from which QSOs count, but this is believed to be 1945-11-15, although the first activity did not take place from Mellish Reef until July 1972.

Location map (credit: https://www.qsl.net/vk9ml/

Prefix: VK9M, AX9M, VI9M, VJ9M, VL9M.

Ranking in "Most Wanted" league.

The IOTA reference for Mellish Reef  is OC-072.

Whitelisting

Mellish Reef is a whitelisted DXCC entity. The following table lists stations known to have been QRV from Mellish Reef and which are thought to be good for DXCC credit.
The callsigns below are the only ones that Club Log will map to Mellish Reef . 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 Mellish Reef but will be mapped as INVALID.
Please advise any missing valid Mellish Reef  callsigns to Alan, 5B4AHJ, or via the Help Desk.

Acknowledgements and references

ARRL - QST October 1972

DokuFunk

Hamgallery - Mellish Reef, Oceania VK9M

Les Nouvelles DX

Amateur Radio (VK)  - The Mellish Reef Saga - Don Marshall VK4ZAF

Wikipedia - Coral Sea Islands - Mellish Reef