Invercargill, New Zealand

Invercargill, New Zealand is a submarine cable landing point in New Zealand (coordinates -46.4131°, 168.3475°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in New Zealand's international connectivity infrastructure.

Invercargill is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. The city lies in the heart of the wide expanse of the Southland Plains to the east of the Ōreti or New River some 18 km north of Bluff, which is the southernmost town in the South Island. It sits amid rich farmland that is bordered by large areas of conservation land and marine reserves, including Fiordland National Park covering the south-west corner of the South Island and the Catlins coastal region. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Invercargill, New Zealand, international traffic can reach 2 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Australia, New Zealand. 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 Invercargill, New Zealand 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

• Tasman Ring Network (2027) — Tasman Ring Network is a point-to-point submarine cable linking New Zealand and Australia. Landing at Auckland, Greymouth, Invercargill, Melbourne, New Plymouth, and 1 more, 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 →

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