Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia is a submarine cable landing point in Malaysia (coordinates 5.9813°, 116.0743°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Malaysia's international connectivity infrastructure.

Kota Kinabalu, colloquially referred to as KK, is the state capital of Sabah, Malaysia. It is also the capital of the Kota Kinabalu District as well as the West Coast Division of Sabah. The city is located on the northwest coast of Borneo facing the South China Sea. The Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park lies to its west and Mount Kinabalu, which gave the city its name, is located to its east. Kota Kinabalu has a population of 452,058 according to the 2010 census; when the adjacent Penampang and Tuaran districts are included, the metro area has a combined population of 628,725. The 2020 Census revealed an increase in the municipal population to 500,421, while the wider area including the Penampang and Putatan districts had a population of 731,406. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Malaysia. 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 Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia 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

• Sistem Kabel Rakyat 1Malaysia (SKR1M) (2017) — Sistem Kabel Rakyat 1Malaysia (SKR1M) is a domestic submarine cable system within Malaysia, linking 6 landing points including Bintulu, Malaysia, Cherating, Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, Kuching, Malaysia and others. It strengthens domestic network resilience in Malaysia by providing submarine connectivity between coastal and island communities. Read more →

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