Biak, Indonesia

Biak, Indonesia is a submarine cable landing point in Indonesia (coordinates -1.1635°, 136.0533°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Indonesia's international connectivity infrastructure.

Biak is the main island of Biak Archipelago located in Cenderawasih Bay near the northern coast of Papua, an Indonesian province, and is just northwest of New Guinea. Biak has many atolls, reefs, and corals. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Biak, Indonesia, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Indonesia. 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 Biak, Indonesia 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

• SMPCS Packet-2 (2015) — SMPCS Packet-2 is a domestic submarine cable network within Indonesia, connecting 11 coastal and island locations including Biak, Fakfak, Jayapura, Kaimana, Manokwari, and 6 more. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →

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