Telephone Connections
Assigned the Country calling code +672, the four bases operated by the Australian Antarctic Division can be reached by direct calling from anywhere in the world. The area codes are 10-6 for Davis, 11-7 for Mawson, 12-8 for Casey and 13-9 for Macquarie Island, in each case followed by three additional digits.
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