Adelaide, SA, Australia

Adelaide, SA, Australia is a submarine cable landing point in Australia (coordinates -34.9261°, 138.5999°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Australia's international connectivity infrastructure.

Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of South Australia, as well as the fifth-most populous city in Australia. The name "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide or the Adelaide city centre; the demonym Adelaidean is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. The traditional owners of the Adelaide region are the Kaurna, with the name Tarndanya referring to the area of the city centre and surrounding Park Lands, in the Kaurna language. Adelaide is situated on the Adelaide Plains north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, between the Gulf St Vincent in the west and the Mount Lofty Ranges in the east. Its metropolitan area encompasses over 430 suburbs, extending 96 km (60 mi) from Gawler in the north to Sellicks Beach in the south and 20 km (12 mi) from the western coast to the eastern foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Adelaide, SA, Australia, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Australia. This location depends on a single cable system — a characteristic that makes it strategically sensitive to physical disruptions.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Adelaide, SA, Australia in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Sydney-Melbourne-Adelaide-Perth (SMAP) (2026) — Sydney-Melbourne-Adelaide-Perth (SMAP) is a domestic submarine cable system within Australia, linking 5 landing points including Adelaide, SA, Australia, Maroubra, NSW, Australia, Perth, WA, Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia and others. It strengthens domestic network resilience in Australia by providing submarine connectivity between coastal and island communities. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.