diff --git a/src/pip/components/extractFields.js b/src/pip/components/extractFields.js
index 04a31ee..21da3d3 100644
--- a/src/pip/components/extractFields.js
+++ b/src/pip/components/extractFields.js
@@ -41,14 +41,7 @@ module.exports.create = function(enableLocalizedNames) {
       res.properties.Hierarchy = [ [ res.properties.Id ] ];
     }
 
-    // use different abbreviation field for country
-    if (res.properties.Placetype === 'country') {
-      res.properties.Abbrev = wofData.properties['wof:country_alpha3'];
-    } else if(wofData.properties['wof:shortcode']) {
-      res.properties.Abbrev = wofData.properties['wof:shortcode'];
-    } else {
-      res.properties.Abbrev = wofData.properties['wof:abbreviation'];
-    }
+    res.properties.Abbrev = getAbbreviation(wofData);
 
     return res;
   });
@@ -68,6 +61,30 @@ function getName(wofData, enableLocalizedNames) {
   return getDefaultName(wofData);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Return an abbreviation based on the first defined value across several fields
+ */
+function getAbbreviation(wofData) {
+  const props = wofData.properties;
+  const placetype = props['wof:placetype'];
+
+  // countries have additional properties to check that
+  // may contain 3-character codes
+  if (['country', 'dependency'].includes(placetype)) {
+    return props['wof:country_alpha3'] ||
+      props['qs:adm0_a3'] ||
+      props['ne:adm0_a3'] ||
+      //the following properties generally contain a 2-character codes
+      //instead of 3 character and are therefore not preferred
+      props['wof:shortcode'] ||
+      props['wof:abbreviation'];
+   } else {
+    return props['wof:shortcode'] ||
+      props['wof:abbreviation'];
+   }
+}
+
+
 /**
  * Get the string value of the property or false if not found
  *
diff --git a/test/pip/components/extractFieldsTest.js b/test/pip/components/extractFieldsTest.js
index 786f58c..b0bd36f 100644
--- a/test/pip/components/extractFieldsTest.js
+++ b/test/pip/components/extractFieldsTest.js
@@ -284,6 +284,48 @@ tape('extractFields tests', function(test) {
 
   });
 
+  test.test('dependency placetype should check additional fields for 3 character country code', function(t) {
+    var input = {
+      properties: {}
+    };
+    input.properties['wof:id'] = 20;
+    input.properties['wof:name'] = 'Dependency name';
+    input.properties['wof:country_alpha3'] = undefined; // this is not always available for dependencies
+    input.properties['qs:adm0_a3'] = 'GUM'; // Quattroshapes or Natural Earth generally do provide a 3 char code
+    input.properties['wof:placetype'] = 'dependency';
+    input.properties['wof:hierarchy'] = [
+      {
+        placetype1: 12,
+        placetype2: 34
+      }
+    ];
+
+    var expected = {
+      properties: {
+        Id: 20,
+        Name: 'Dependency name',
+        Abbrev: 'GUM',
+        Placetype: 'dependency',
+        Hierarchy: [
+          [ 12, 34 ]
+        ],
+        Centroid: {
+          lat: undefined,
+          lon: undefined
+        },
+        BoundingBox: undefined
+      },
+      geometry: undefined
+    };
+
+    var extractFields = require('../../../src/pip/components/extractFields').create();
+
+    test_stream([input], extractFields, function(err, actual) {
+      t.deepEqual(actual, [expected], 'should be equal');
+      t.end();
+    });
+  });
+
   test.test('when available, wof:label should be used instead of wof:name', function(t) {
     var input = {
       properties: {}