Dingwall, NS, Canada

Dingwall, NS, Canada is a submarine cable landing point in Canada (coordinates 46.8967°, -60.4693°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Canada's international connectivity infrastructure.

Dingwall is a town on the Cromarty Firth in Easter Ross in the Highlands of Scotland. It has enjoyed the status of royal burgh since the 13th century, and its local government is the Highland Council. The town has a population of 5,491, and though today it lies inland, its topography used to be that of an east-coast harbour. At one time, it was a significant medieval port, a hub of foreign trading and customs collection. Dingwall’s medieval history affirms its status as an important country town and administrative centre, an extension perhaps of its history as a Viking settlement as evidenced by the Norse origin (Þingvöllr) of its name. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Dingwall, NS, Canada, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Canada. 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 Dingwall, NS, Canada 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

• APOCS 2 (1995) — APOCS 2 is a domestic submarine cable network within Canada, connecting 4 coastal and island locations including Aylesford, Codroy, Dingwall, St. Martins. 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.