Lower Indian Ocean Network (LION)

Lower Indian Ocean Network (LION) is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting Réunion, Mauritius, Madagascar. Its 3 landing points at Sainte Marie, Terre Rouge, Toamasina bridge the networks of Indian Ocean, East Africa, providing an important path for international data traffic. As an intercontinental system, Lower Indian Ocean Network (LION) plays a role in the global mesh of over 500 submarine cables that collectively carry more than 95% of international data traffic. GeoCables tracks this cable using RIPE Atlas measurements from four probes in Minsk, Almaty, Tbilisi, and Jerusalem, comparing live RTT against historical baselines to catch performance shifts early.