Lae, Papua New Guinea

Lae, Papua New Guinea is a submarine cable landing point in Papua New Guinea (coordinates -6.7428°, 146.9930°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Papua New Guinea's international connectivity infrastructure.

Lae is the capital of Morobe Province and is the second-largest city in Papua New Guinea. It is located near the delta of the Markham River on the northern coast of Huon Gulf. It is at the start of the Highlands Highway, which is the main land transport corridor between the Highlands Region and the coast. Lae is the largest cargo port of the country and is the industrial hub of Papua New Guinea. The city is known as the Garden City and home of the Papua New Guinea University of Technology. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Lae, Papua New Guinea, international traffic can reach 2 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Indonesia, Papua New Guinea. 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 Lae, Papua New Guinea 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

• Kumul Domestic Submarine Cable System (2019) — Kumul Domestic Submarine Cable System is a submarine cable linking Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, with landing points at Alotau, Papua New Guinea, Arawa, Papua New Guinea, Daru, Papua New Guinea, Jayapura, Indonesia and others. The cable provides cross-continental connectivity, offering an important route for data traffic between Europe and Caucasus. Read more →

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