Telephone numbers in Norfolk Island explained

Telephone numbers in Norfolk Island use the following dialing codes:

• Country code

672

• Area code

3

• International call prefix

00

• Fixed numbers are of the format 672 3 2x xxx.^[1]
• Mobile numbers are of the format 672 3 5x xxx.^[2]

The country code 672 is also used for the Australian Antarctic Territory.^[3] The code was also used for Christmas Island and the Cocos Keeling Islands, using area codes 2 and 4 respectively.^[4] In October 1994, they were migrated to the +61 country code, under area code 091 (using exchange prefixes 62 for Christmas Island and 64 for the Cocos Islands).^[5] These numbers have since migrated to the 08 9162 and 08 9164 ranges.^[6]

Until 1975, country code 672 was assigned to Portuguese Timor.^[7] When that territory was annexed by Indonesia in 1975, it used the Indonesian country code +62 and the area code 390. However, following the end of Indonesian rule in 1999, the code +672 9 was used under an interim arrangement to reach numbers in the territory.^[8]

See also

• Telephone numbers in Australia

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=EDGapfBX-CAC&dq=%22Norfolk+Island%22+%22672-3%22&pg=PA296 Moon Handbooks: South Pacific
2. Web site: Norfolk Island Phone Book March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230601232201/http://phonebook.nf/ . 2023-06-01 .
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=-iOCuKoydIgC&q=%22Australian+External+Territories%22+%22672%22 The Europa World Year Book
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=50AXAQAAMAAJ&q=%22672%22+%22christmas+island%22 Worldwide Travel Information Contact Book, Books 1993-1994
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=urvZKxcn9D4C&q=%22Christmas+Island%22+%22091%22 Commonwealth Government Directory
6. https://books.google.com/books?id=mINWAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Christmas+Island%22+%2208%22+%229162%22 Commonwealth Government Directory
7. https://books.google.com/books?id=IcVjAAAAIAAJ&q=%22portuguese+timor%22 White Book
8. https://web.archive.org/web/20010821095618/http://www.telstra.com.au/newsroom/release.cfm?ReleaseID=4361&Nav=Current Telstra is reconnecting East Timor to the world