Denpasar, Indonesia

Denpasar: Submarine Cable Landing Point

Denpasar is the capital of the province of Bali and the largest city in the Lesser Sunda Islands, situated on the southern coast of Bali, Indonesia, with the Indian Ocean and the Badung Strait lying to its south. This coastal position places Denpasar among the Indonesian cities that host submarine cable infrastructure, connecting it to the broader national and regional network. One submarine cable lands at Denpasar, linking the city to other points within Indonesia.

The single cable landing here, JaKa2LaDeMa, operates entirely within Indonesian waters, making Denpasar a node in a domestic inter-island submarine cable corridor rather than an intercontinental gateway. Indonesia's archipelagic geography makes such intra-national submarine connections an important means of extending connectivity across the island chain, and Denpasar's participation in this network reflects its standing as a significant urban center in eastern Indonesia.

Cables Landing at Denpasar

JaKa2LaDeMa is a submarine cable with a total length of approximately 1,700 km, with a ready-for-service date of 2010. The cable connects multiple landing points within Indonesia, with all endpoints located in the same country. As an entirely domestic cable, JaKa2LaDeMa is designed to serve inter-island connectivity within the Indonesian archipelago. Denpasar, Bali is one of the stops along this cable's route.

Regional Context

Within Indonesia's submarine cable landscape, Denpasar hosts one cable, placing it in the top 62% of the country's 139 landing points by cable count. Compared to major Indonesian hubs such as Batam (20 cables), Jakarta (9 cables), Tanjung Pakis (9 cables), Manado (8 cables), Dumai (7 cables), and Makassar (6 cables), Denpasar is a more modestly served landing point. Indonesia as a whole hosts 70 submarine cables across its landing points, reflecting the country's broad and distributed submarine cable infrastructure.

Network Role

Denpasar functions as a single-cable terminus within the Indonesian domestic submarine cable network. Its connection via JaKa2LaDeMa places it within an inter-island corridor that links Indonesian cities and regions across the archipelago, rather than serving as a gateway to international or intercontinental routes. As a terminus rather than a multi-cable hub, Denpasar's role is focused and specific: providing Bali with a direct submarine cable link to the wider Indonesian island network.

In the broader regional submarine cable graph, Denpasar represents one of many distributed landing points that collectively extend Indonesia's domestic connectivity across its extensive island chain, ensuring that major urban centers beyond Java and Sumatra maintain submarine cable access.