Gedser, Denmark

Gedser, Denmark is a submarine cable landing point in Denmark (coordinates 54.5763°, 11.9290°). It serves 4 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Denmark's international connectivity infrastructure.

Gedser is a town at the southern tip of the Danish island of Falster in the Guldborgsund Municipality in Sjælland region. It is the southernmost town in Denmark, and also the southernmost point of Scandinavia and the Nordic countries. The town has a population of 632. It is an important port town on the Baltic Sea. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Gedser, Denmark

Cables landing at Gedser, Denmark are operated by 7 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Arelion, GlobalConnect, Orange Polska, Slovak Telekom, TDC Group, Telenor, Ukrtelecom. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Gedser, Denmark, international traffic can reach 4 countries through 4 cable systems. Destinations include Denmark, Germany, Poland, Sweden.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Gedser, Denmark 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

• GlobalConnect-KPN (2006) — GlobalConnect-KPN is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Denmark and Germany. Landing at Gedser, Rostock, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• Elektra-GlobalConnect 1 (GC1) (2000) — Elektra-GlobalConnect 1 (GC1) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Denmark and Germany. Landing at Gedser, Rostock, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• Germany-Denmark 3 (2000) — Germany-Denmark 3 is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Denmark and Germany. Landing at Gedser, Markgrafenheide, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• Baltica (1997) — Baltica is a regional submarine cable serving 3 countries: Denmark, Poland, Sweden. With landing points at Gedser, Kołobrzeg, Pedersker, Ystad, it strengthens regional internet resilience and provides route diversity — crucial when nearby cables experience faults. Read more →

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