Arendal, Norway

Arendal, Norway is a submarine cable landing point in Norway (coordinates 58.4700°, 8.7587°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Norway's international connectivity infrastructure.

Arendal is a municipality in Agder county in southeastern Norway. Arendal belongs to the region of Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Arendal. Some of the notable villages in Arendal include Rykene, Eydehavn, Færvik, Strengereid, Kongshavn, Kilsund, Brattekleiv, Torsbudalen, Longum, Saltrød, Staubø, Vrengen, and Kolbjørnsvik. The offices of UNEP/GRID-Arendal are also located in the city of Arendal. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Arendal, Norway, international traffic can reach 2 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Norway, Sweden. 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 Arendal, Norway 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

• Norfest (2023) — Norfest is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Norway and Sweden. Landing at Arendal, Capri Strand, Drøbak, Egersund, Kristiansand, and 5 more, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →

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