Submarine Internet Cables in Europe

118 cable systems · 149 landing points · 24 countries

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Cable systems

118

Landing points

149

Countries

24

Mapped length

208,750 km

Countries in Europe

Cable systems reaching Europe

Cable systems reaching Europe
Countries
Aarhus-Kalundborg Operational 82 km * Data unavailable 2 Denmark
Apollo South Operational 13,000 km 2003 4 France, United Kingdom, United States of America
Atlantic Crossing 1 (AC1) Operational 14,000 km 1999 5 United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, United States of America
Atlantic Telegraph Cable 1865 Operational 4 km * Data unavailable 1 Ireland
Aurora Operational 433 km * 2024 8 Sweden, Denmark, Germany
Balalink Operational 274 km 2001 2 Spain
Ballen-Røsnæs Operational 16 km * Data unavailable 2 Denmark
Baltic Sea Submarine Cable Operational 527 km * 2000 6 Estonia, Finland, Sweden
Baltica Operational 170 km * 1997 4 Denmark, Poland, Sweden
Baltika (Kingisepp - Kaliningrad) Operational 1,056 km * 2021 2 Russia
BCS East Operational 96 km * 1995 2 Lithuania, Latvia
BCS East-West Interlink Operational 214 km * 1997 2 Sweden, Lithuania
BCS North Operational 628 km * 1997 6 Finland, Russia
BT-Manx NI Operational 59 km * Data unavailable 2 United Kingdom, Isle of Man
BT-Mt 1 Operational 79 km * Data unavailable 2 Isle of Man, United Kingdom
C-Lion 1 Operational 1,209 km * 2016 3 Finland, Germany
CANTAT 3 Operational 270 km 1994 5 Iceland, Denmark, Germany, Faroe Islands +1
Celtic Retired 262 km * Data unavailable 2 United Kingdom, Ireland
CeltixConnect-1 Operational 125 km * Data unavailable 2 Ireland, United Kingdom
Circe North Operational 198 km * Data unavailable 2 Netherlands, United Kingdom
Concerto 1E Operational 548 km * 1999 3 Netherlands, Belgium, United Kingdom
DANICE Operational 2,250 km 2009 2 Denmark, Iceland
Denmark-Germany 1 Operational 259 km * Data unavailable 2 Denmark, Germany
Eastern Light Sweden-Finland I Operational 444 km * 2019 5 Finland
EIG Operational 15,000 km 2011 1 United Kingdom
EllaLink Operational 20 km * Data unavailable 2 Portugal
Ellekilde Hage-Viken Operational 8 km * Data unavailable 1 Denmark
Epic Malta-Sicily Cable System (EMSCS) Operational 260 km 2004 2 Malta, Italy
ESAT 1 Operational 257 km * Data unavailable 2 United Kingdom, Ireland
ESAT 2 Operational 237 km 1999 2 United Kingdom, Ireland
Farice Operational 1,205 km 2004 3 Faroe Islands, United Kingdom, Iceland
Fehmarn Belt Operational 19 km * 2000 2 Germany, Denmark
Finland Estonia Connection (FEC) Operational 164 km * 2000 3 Finland, Estonia
Finland-Estonia 2 (EESF-2) Operational 72 km * 1992 2 Finland, Estonia
Finland-Estonia 3 (EESF-3) Operational 76 km * 1994 2 Estonia, Finland
Flag Atlantic Interlink Operational 326 km * Data unavailable 2 United Kingdom, France
Flag Atlantic North Operational 5,301 km * Data unavailable 2 United Kingdom, United States of America
Flag Atlantic South Operational 1,476 km * Data unavailable 1 France
FLAG Europe-Asia Operational 28,000 km 1999 2 United Kingdom, Egypt
Flores-Corvo Cable System Operational 634 km 2013 2 Portugal
Gemini South Retired 1,935 km * Data unavailable 2 United Kingdom
Gondwana-1 Operational 2,151 km 2008 4 France, Australia
Great Belt 1 Operational 18 km * Data unavailable 2 Denmark
Great Belt 2 Operational 34 km * Data unavailable 2 Denmark
Havfrue/AEC-2 Operational 1,273 km * Data unavailable 1 Norway
HAVSIL Fiber Cable System Operational 119 km * Data unavailable 2 Denmark, Norway
Hermes North Retired 204 km * Data unavailable 2 Netherlands, United Kingdom
Hermes South Retired 130 km * Data unavailable 2 Belgium, United Kingdom
Hibernia 'A' Operational 1,286 km * Data unavailable 1 United Kingdom
Hibernia 'A' N.I.Branch Operational 24 km * Data unavailable 2 United Kingdom
Hibernia 'C' Operational 241 km * Data unavailable 2 United Kingdom, Ireland
Hibernia 'D' Operational 1,203 km * Data unavailable 1 Ireland
Hou-Sælvig Operational 21 km * Data unavailable 2 Denmark
Hugo Operational 422 km * Data unavailable 3 United Kingdom, France, Guernsey
INGRID Operational 36 km * Data unavailable 2 Guernsey, Jersey
IRIS Operational 1,700 km 2023 2 Ireland, Iceland
Jersey-Guernsey 4 Operational 36 km * Data unavailable 2 Guernsey, Jersey
Lanis 1 Operational 113 km * Data unavailable 2 Isle of Man, United Kingdom
Lanis 2 Operational 67 km * Data unavailable 2 Isle of Man, United Kingdom
Latvia-Sweden 1 (LV-SE 1) Operational 281 km * 1994 2 Latvia, Sweden
Longyearbyen - Ny Ålesund Operational 489 km * Data unavailable 2 Norway
Marika Operational 102 km * Data unavailable 3 Finland
NO-UK Cable System Operational 586 km * Data unavailable 1 Norway
Northern Lights Operational 66 km * Data unavailable 2 United Kingdom
ODIN 1 Retired 287 km * Data unavailable 1 Netherlands
PAN EUROPEAN CROSSING (PEC) Operational 116 km * Data unavailable 2 Belgium, United Kingdom
Pangea North Operational 6 km * Data unavailable 1 Denmark
Pangea North UK/Denmark Operational 669 km * Data unavailable 2 Denmark, United Kingdom
PTAT Retired 5,971 km * Data unavailable 3 United Kingdom, Ireland, United States of America
Rampion Wind Farm Communications Cable Operational 16 km * Data unavailable 1 United Kingdom
REMBRANDT 1 Operational 210 km * Data unavailable 2 Netherlands, United Kingdom
RIOJA 1 Retired 899 km * Data unavailable 2 United Kingdom, Spain
RIOJA 2 Retired 679 km * Data unavailable 2 United Kingdom, Belgium
RIOJA 3 Operational 262 km * Data unavailable 2 Netherlands, Belgium
Scandinavian Ring North Operational 5 km * 2000 1 Denmark
Scandinavian Ring South Operational 16 km * 2000 2 Sweden, Denmark
SCOTLAND-N.IRELAND 1 Operational 39 km * Data unavailable 2 United Kingdom
Scotland-Northern Ireland 2 Operational 81 km * Data unavailable 2 United Kingdom
SEA-ME-WE3 Operational 39,000 km 1999 4 Germany, Belgium, France, United Kingdom
Segment 2 Operational 53 km * Data unavailable 2 Faroe Islands
Segment 3 Operational 3 km * Data unavailable 1 Faroe Islands
Segment 4 Operational 6 km * Data unavailable 1 Faroe Islands
SEGMENT10 Operational 8 km * Data unavailable 1 Faroe Islands
SHEFA-2 Operational 1,000 km 2008 4 Faroe Islands, United Kingdom
Sint Maarten Puerto Rico Network One (SMPR-1) Operational 359 km * 2004 2 United States of America, Netherlands
Sirius South Operational 217 km * Data unavailable 2 United Kingdom, Ireland
Skagen Fiber West Operational 168 km * 2020 2 Denmark, Norway
Solas Operational 231 km * Data unavailable 2 Ireland, United Kingdom
Svalbard Undersea Cable System Operational 2,714 km 2003 4 Norway
Swansea/Brean Operational 97 km * Data unavailable 2 United Kingdom
Sweden-Latvia Operational 162 km * 2005 2 Sweden, Latvia
Tampnet Operational 1,570 km * Data unavailable 3 United Kingdom, Norway
Tangerine Operational 121 km 2000 2 Belgium, United Kingdom
TAT 10B EAST SECTION Retired 1,920 km * Data unavailable 1 Germany
TAT 11 Retired 5,897 km * 1993 2 United Kingdom, United States of America
TAT 11 France Retired 524 km * Data unavailable 1 France
TAT 9 Retired 364 km * Data unavailable 1 United Kingdom
TAT12 Interlink Operational 359 km * Data unavailable 2 United Kingdom, France
TAT13 Operational 11,023 km * 1996 4 United Kingdom, France, United States of America
Tata Atlantic North Operational 5,733 km * Data unavailable 2 United Kingdom, United States of America
Tata Atlantic South Operational 12,935 km 2001 2 United Kingdom, United States of America
Tata North Europe Operational 548 km * Data unavailable 2 United Kingdom, Netherlands
Tata Western Europe UK-Portugal Operational 2,205 km * Data unavailable 2 United Kingdom, Portugal
Tata Western Europe UK-Spain Operational 1,265 km * Data unavailable 2 United Kingdom, Spain
UK-Belgium 6 Retired 74 km * Data unavailable 3 Belgium, France, United Kingdom
UK-CH.ISLANDS 8 Operational 235 km * Data unavailable 2 Jersey, United Kingdom
UK-DENMARK 4 Retired 585 km * Data unavailable 2 Denmark, United Kingdom
UK-France 3 Operational 138 km * Data unavailable 2 United Kingdom, France
UK-FRANCE 4 Retired 29 km * Data unavailable 3 France, United Kingdom
UK-GERMANY 5 Retired 449 km * Data unavailable 3 Germany, United Kingdom
UK-Germany 6 Operational 555 km * Data unavailable 2 Germany, United Kingdom
UK-Ireland Crossing 1 Operational 261 km * Data unavailable 2 United Kingdom, Ireland
UK-Ireland Crossing 2 Operational 162 km * Data unavailable 2 United Kingdom, Ireland
UK-Netherlands 14 Operational 206 km * Data unavailable 2 Netherlands, United Kingdom
UK-SPAIN 4 Retired 777 km * Data unavailable 3 United Kingdom, Spain
UK/Belgium 5 Retired 94 km * Data unavailable 2 Belgium, United Kingdom
Ulysses 1 Operational 248 km * 1997 4 Netherlands, United Kingdom, France
Yellow Operational 5,404 km * Data unavailable 2 United Kingdom, United States of America

Lengths marked * are measured from the route mapped in OpenStreetMap and may cover only part of the system. Unmarked lengths are stated by Wikidata.

Data source

Cable routes, names, operators and landing stations come from OpenStreetMap, licensed under the ODbL. Cable lengths, ready-for-service years, owners and official websites come from Wikidata (CC0). Landing point cities and countries were resolved with Nominatim, and the country outlines on the globe are Natural Earth (public domain).

Nothing on these pages is estimated, generated or filled in. Where a source does not state a value, the page says Data unavailable.

Data last updated

This dataset is rebuilt periodically from the sources above. It is not live, and it does not report cable faults or outages.

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