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Baie du Tombeau, Mauritius

Landing Point · MU Mauritius

1 Connected Cables 20.1221°S 57.4951°E Mauritius
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Connected Cables
MU
Country
20.12°
Latitude
57.50°
Longitude
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Connected Cables

Cable Length RFS Status
Meltingpot Indianoceanic Submarine System (METISS) 3,200 km 2021 Active

About Baie du Tombeau, Mauritius

Baie du Tombeau, Mauritius is a submarine cable landing point in Mauritius (coordinates -20.1221°, 57.4951°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Mauritius's international connectivity infrastructure.

Baie du Tombeau is a village in Mauritius located in the Pamplemousses District, situated near the Rivière du Tombeau. The village is administered by the Baie du Tombeau Village Council under the aegis of the Pamplemousses District Council. According to the census by Statistics Mauritius in 2011, the population was at 14,687. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

CableRFSLengthOwners
Meltingpot Indianoceanic Submarine System (METISS)20213,200 km*Canal+ Telecom, CEB Fibernet, Emtel, …

Connectivity profile

From Baie du Tombeau, Mauritius, international traffic can reach 3 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Madagascar, Réunion, South Africa. 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 Baie du Tombeau, Mauritius 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

  • Meltingpot Indianoceanic Submarine System (METISS) (2021) — Meltingpot Indianoceanic Submarine System (METISS) is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion, South Africa. Its 4 landing points at Baie du Tombeau, Fort Dauphin, Le Port, Umbogintwini bridge the networks of Indian Ocean, East Africa, Southern Africa, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →

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

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Landing Point

  • CountryMU Mauritius
  • Coordinates20.1221°S 57.4951°E
  • Connected Cables1

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