External Territories
Four of the external territories of Australia are officially assigned their own country codes in ISO 3166-1, with the following alpha-2 codes:
- CC Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- CX Christmas Island
- HM Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- NF Norfolk Island
Under the definitions in ISO 3166-1, the Ashmore and Cartier Islands and the Coral Sea Islands are covered by Australia, and the Australian Antarctic Territory is covered by Antarctica, with alpha-2 code AQ.
Read more about this topic: ISO 3166-2:AU
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