Lantau Island, China

Lantau Island, China is a submarine cable landing point in China (coordinates 22.2715°, 113.9483°). It serves 2 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in China's international connectivity infrastructure.

Lantau Island is the largest island in Hong Kong. Located west of Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula, it is part of the New Territories. Administratively, most of Lantau Island is part of the Islands District of Hong Kong. A small northeastern portion of the island is located in the Tsuen Wan District. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Lantau Island, China

Cables landing at Lantau Island, China are operated by 34 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including AT&T, BT, Bharti Airtel, China Telecom, China Unicom, Chunghwa Telecom, Eastern Telecom, Ezecom, Globe Telecom, HKBN, and 24 others. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Lantau Island, China, international traffic can reach 12 countries through 2 cable systems. Destinations include Brunei, China, Guam, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea and 4 more.

Monitoring status

GeoCables recorded 3 monitoring events on cables serving Lantau Island, China in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Asia-America Gateway (AAG) Cable System (2009) — Asia-America Gateway (AAG) Cable System is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 9 countries across Southeast Asia, North America, East Asia. With 10 landing points — including Changi North, Keawaula, La Union, Lantau Island, Mersing, and 5 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• 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.