Le Port, Réunion

Le Port, Réunion is a submarine cable landing point in Réunion (coordinates -20.9444°, 55.3033°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Réunion's international connectivity infrastructure.

Le Port is a commune in the French overseas department of Réunion. It is located at the extreme northwest corner of the island of Réunion. It has a population of 33,969 (2023). It hosts the main harbor of the island. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Le Port, Réunion, international traffic can reach 3 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Madagascar, Mauritius, South Africa. 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 Le Port, Réunion 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

• Meltingpot Indianoceanic Submarine System (METISS) (2021) — Meltingpot Indianoceanic Submarine System (METISS) is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion, South Africa. Its 4 landing points at Baie du Tombeau, Fort Dauphin, Le Port, Umbogintwini bridge the networks of Indian Ocean, East Africa, Southern Africa, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →

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