Dikson, Russia

Dikson, Russia is a submarine cable landing point in Russia (coordinates 73.5077°, 80.5310°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Russia's international connectivity infrastructure.

Dikson is a closed port town located in northern Russia and is one of the world's northernmost settlements. Dikson is an urban locality situated in Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai. It is situated on the Kara Sea, located on a headland at the mouth of the Yenisei Gulf, on Russia's Arctic Ocean coast. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 319. It is the world's northernmost settlement on a continental mainland. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Dikson, Russia, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Russia. 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 Dikson, Russia 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

• Polar Express (2022) — Polar Express is a domestic submarine cable network within Russia, connecting 10 coastal and island locations including Amderma, Anadyr, Dikson, Nahodka, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, and 5 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.