Katong, Singapore

Katong, Singapore is a submarine cable landing point in Singapore (coordinates 1.3093°, 103.9047°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Singapore's international connectivity infrastructure.

Katong is a residential neighbourhood in the eastern portion of the Central Region of Singapore, within the Marine Parade planning area. The Katong district stretches from Fort Road area to the Joo Chiat area. It used to be located by the sea, before land reclamation towards the south to East Coast Park was created for housing and recreational purposes beginning in the 1960s to 1970s. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Katong, Singapore, international traffic can reach 6 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include China, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan. 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 Katong, Singapore 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

• APCN-2 (2001) — Asia Pacific Cable Network 2 (APCN-2) is a 19,000 km submarine cable commissioned in December 2001, forming a ring around East and Southeast Asia. It has ten landing stations across seven countries and territories: Katong in Singapore, Cherating in Malaysia, Batangas in the Philippines, Lantau Island in Hong Kong, Shantou and Chongming in mainland China, Tanshui in Taiwan, Chikura and Kitaibaraki Read more →

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