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List of domestic submarine communications cables

This is a list of domestic submarine communications cables and does not include international cable systems. All the cable systems listed below have landing points within one country, and are currently () in-service. Several older cables, although no longer used for telecommunications, are used for scientific purposes. Others are simply abandoned.

A

  • AFOS (Azores Fiber Optic System)
  • Almeria-Melilla (Spain mainland interconnect to Melilla on the coast of Morocco)
  • APOCS (Atlantic Provinces Optical Cable System)
  • APOCS 1B (Atlantic Provinces Optical Cable System)
  • APOCS 1C (Atlantic Provinces Optical Cable System)
  • APOCS 2 (Atlantic Provinces Optical Cable System)
  • AUFS-EAST (Alaska United Fiber Optic Cable System)
  • AUFS-WEST (Alaska United Fiber Optic Cable System)

B

  • Bass Strait 1 (connects Australia mainland to Tasmania)
  • Bass Strait 2 (connects Australia mainland to Tasmania)
  • Beijing - Qingdao (Lingao) - (China)
  • Brazil Domestic
  • Bugio (Lisbon-Sesimbra interconnect)

C

  • CAM-RING (Lisbon - Madeira - Azores, Portugal)
  • CANDALTA (Candeleria - Alta Vista, Spain)
  • CANI (Chennai - Andaman and Nicobar Islands)
  • CC3 (Continent - Corsica 3) (Marseille - Ajaccio, France)
  • CC4 (Continent - Corsica 4) (Cannes - Ile Rousse, France)
  • CC5 (Continent - Corsica 5) (La Seyne - Ajaccio, France)
  • CEIBA-1 (Equatorial Guinea, connects Bata - Malabo)
  • Columbia Domestic Festoon
  • Como Lake Festoon (Italy)
  • Cook Strait Fibre Optic Cable (connects North and South Islands of New Zealand)

D

  • DFON - (Domestic Fibre Optic Network) - Philippine Long Distance Telephone co. (Philippines)
  • DDSCN - (Domestic Fibre Optic Network) - Dhiraagu Plc. (Maldives)

E

F

  • FiberWeb (Ocean Fiber) - connecting oil rigs off the coast of Louisiana

G

  • Germany Domestic
  • Global West Network (California coastline from San Diego to San Francisco)
  • GOPTIC (connects Sweden mainland with Gotland)
  • Greece Domestic
  • Guangdong-Hainan (China)
  • Guangzhou-Haikou (China)
  • Guangzhou-Shantou (China)
  • Gulf of Mexico Festoon (Mexico)

H

  • Hong Kong Domestic
  • HICS (Hawaii Inter-Island Cable System)
  • HYERES Festoon 1 (Giens - Porquerolles) - France
  • HYERES Festoon 2 (Porquerolles - Port Cros) - France
  • HYERES Festoon 3 (Heliopolis - Port Cros) - France
  • HYERES Festoon 4 (Heliopolis - Le Lavandou) - France

I

  • Iberian Festoon (Spain)
  • IC-1 (Israeli Coasting 1) - (Israel)
  • INDIGO-Central (Australia) - Perth to Sydney
  • Italian Festoon
  • (Ancona - Trieste)
  • (Bari - Ancona)
  • (Catania - Locri)
  • (Catania - Bari)
  • (Cefalu - Palermo)
  • (Cetara - Vietri)
  • (Civitavecchia - Giglio)
  • (Civitavecchia - Pomezia)
  • (Elba - Piombino)
  • (Formia - Naples)
  • (Genoa - Pisa)
  • (Giglio - Maddalena)
  • (Grosseto - Citavecchia)
  • (Ischia - Procida)
  • (Lamezia - Messina 1)
  • (Lamezia - Messina 2)
  • (Locri - Catanzaro)
  • (Maddalena - Sassari)
  • (Maiori - Cetara)
  • (Massalubrense - Capri)
  • (Mazara - Pantelleria)
  • (Messina - Cefalu)
  • (Miliscola - Procida)
  • (Naples - Salerno)
  • (Palermo - Rome)
  • (Pisa - Grosseto)
  • (Pomezia - Formia)
  • (Positano - Praiano)
  • (Praiano - Vettica)
  • (Reggio Calabria - Catania)
  • (Reggio Calabria - Gazzi 1)
  • (Reggio Calabria - Gazzi 2)
  • (Reggio Calabria - Gazzi 3)
  • (Salerno - Scalea)
  • (Scalea - Lamezia)
  • (Venice - Ravenna)
  • (Vettica - Maiori)
  • GENSAR 2 - (Savona – Sassari)
  • JANNA - (Olbia - Civitavecchia)
  • JANNA 2 - (Cagliari - Mazara del Vallo)
  • ROMSAR - (Pomezia - Golfo Aranci)
  • ROMSAR 2 - (Rome - Sardinia)
  • SARGEN - (Golfo Aranci-Genoa)
  • SARSIC - (Golfo Aranci-Palermo)
  • SARSIC 2 - (Cagliari-Palermo)

J

  • Jakarta-Surabaya (SKKL-JS) (connects the two ends of the island)
  • Japan Domestic
  • JASUKA (Indonesia)
  • JIH (Japan Information Highway)
  • JRD-3 (Japan Reconfiguration and Digitization) - connects the Kanto Plain in southern Japan with Okinawa
  • JAKA2LADEMA (Indonesia), connects Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Bali, and Lombok islands.

K

  • Korea Domestic
  • KSL (Korean Southern Loop) link between Osan US Airbase and Kunsan US Airbase
  • KINYRAS (Cyprus)
  • Kuantan-Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia) link between Peninsular Malaysia and the Northwest coast of Borneo

L

  • Lake Michigan Cable - connects Kewaunee, WI to Arcadia, MI (United States)
  • Levin-Nelson (Cook Strait) Cable - connects North and South Islands of New Zealand
  • LFON (Libyan Fibre Optic Network)

M

  • Malaysian Domestic Submarine Cable System-North Link
  • Malaysian Domestic Submarine Cable System-South Link
  • Malaysian Festoon
  • Maldives Domestic
  • Mallorca-Menorca (Balearic Islands)
  • MTC (Guam—Rota, Marianas—Tinian, Marianas—Saipan, Marianas)
  • MKCS (Mataram Kupang Cable System, Indonesia), connects major cities in Nusa Tenggara, islands spread to the east of Bali.

N

  • NDTN - (National Digital Transmission Network) - (Philippines)
  • NEPTUNE (North-East Pacific Time-Series Undersea Networked Experiments) - off the coast of Canada
  • Nigeria Domestic
  • Norway Domestic
  • Novorossiysk-Sochi (Russian Black Sea Interconnect)

O

  • OLERON (France mainland and Oleron Island connection)

P

  • Palau Inter-Island System
  • Palapa Ring (Indonesia)
  • Pangkalpinang-Pontianak (Indonesia)
  • PENBAL-1 (Barcelona - Palma) - (Spain)
  • PENBAL-3 (Cabrera de Mar - Molina) - (Spain)
  • PENBAL-4 (Valencia - Ibiza) - (Spain)
  • PENBAL-5 (Gava - Ses Covetes) - (Spain)
  • PENCAN-5 (Spain) (connects mainland Spain to Gran Canaria and Tenerife)
  • PICOT (New Caledonia archipelago)

Q

R

S

  • San Andrés Island-Providencia Island (Colombia)
  • Sesimbra-Lagos (Portuguese Interconnect)
  • Sochi-Poti (Russian Black Sea Interconnect)
  • South Korea Domestic
  • Sumatra-Java-Melaka (Indonesia)
  • Svalbard Undersea Cable System - Mainland Norway to Svalbard Islands

T

  • Taean-Chingdao (South Korea)
  • TEFKROS (Cyprus)
  • Thailand Domestic
  • TM-1 (Taiwan)
  • TT-1 - connects Trinidad to Tobago
  • TURMEOS-1 (Turkey Marmara Aegean Optic System) - connects Izmir to Istanbul

U

UNSC-Unitel North Submarine Cable

V

  • Venezuela Domestic Festoon
  • (Cabimas - Maracaibo)
  • (Maracaibo - Punto Fijo)
  • (Punto Fijo - Coro)
  • (Coro - Chichiriviche)
  • (Chichiriviche - Puerto Cabello)
  • (Puerto Cabello - Camuri)
  • (Camuri - Higuerote)
  • (Higuerote - Puerto La Cruz)
  • (Puerto La Cruz - Cumana)
  • (Cumana - Porlamar)
  • (Porlamar - Carupano)

W

  • WCI CABLE (Alaska - Oregon)
  • Wellington Harbour Link (Wellington, New Zealand)

X

Y

Z

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