Dhuvaafaru, Maldives

Dhuvaafaru, Maldives is a submarine cable landing point in Maldives (coordinates 5.6293°, 73.0414°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Maldives's international connectivity infrastructure.

Dhuvaafaru is an inhabited island of Maldives located in the eastern edge of Raa Atoll. Resettlement of the island started on 14 December 2008 to inhabit the displaced residents of Kandholhudhoo who were the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Dhuvaafaru, Maldives, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Maldives. 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 Dhuvaafaru, Maldives 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

• Domestic Submarine Cable of Maldives (DSCoM) (2024) — Domestic Submarine Cable of Maldives (DSCoM) is a domestic submarine cable network within Maldives, connecting 8 coastal and island locations including Dhangethi, Dhuvaafaru, Eydhafushi, Hulhumale, Kudahuvadhoo, and 3 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.