Luganville, Vanuatu

Luganville, Vanuatu is a submarine cable landing point in Vanuatu (coordinates -15.5064°, 167.2003°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Vanuatu's international connectivity infrastructure.

Luganville is the second largest city in Vanuatu after the capital Port Vila; it is located on the island of Espiritu Santo and has a population of 18,062 as of the 2020 census. Those on Vanuatu's northern islands who regard Luganville as their big city, particularly indigenous populations, call it Santo; rural residents of Espiritu Santo call it Kanal. Luganville served as a major base of operations for American troops during World War II. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Luganville, Vanuatu, international traffic can reach 2 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include New Caledonia, Vanuatu. 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 Luganville, Vanuatu 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

• Tamtam (2027) — Tamtam is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Vanuatu and New Caledonia. Landing at Luganville, Norsup, Port Vila, Tanna, We, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →

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