Gibraltar, Gibraltar

Gibraltar, Gibraltar is a submarine cable landing point in Gibraltar (coordinates 36.1559°, -5.3477°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Gibraltar's international connectivity infrastructure.

Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory and city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar, near the exit of the Mediterranean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean. It has an area of 6.8 km2 (2.6 sq mi) and is bordered to the north by Spain. The landscape is dominated by the Rock of Gibraltar, at the foot of which is a densely populated town area. Gibraltar is home to around 34,000 people, primarily Gibraltarians. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Gibraltar, Gibraltar, international traffic can reach 10 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Djibouti, Egypt, India, Libya, Monaco, Oman, Portugal, Saudi Arabia and 2 more. 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 Gibraltar, Gibraltar 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

• Europe India Gateway (EIG) (2011) — Europe India Gateway (EIG) is a 15,000 km submarine cable that connects twelve countries on three continents — the United Kingdom and Portugal at the European end, then Spain, France, Gibraltar, Monaco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and finally Mumbai, India. Ready for service in 2011, EIG has been in the ground for over a decade. Read more →

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