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Mallaig, United Kingdom

Landing Point · GB United Kingdom

1 Connected Cables 57.0085°N 5.8204°W United Kingdom
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Connected Cables
GB
Country
57.01°
Latitude
5.82°
Longitude
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Connected Cables

Cable Length RFS Status
BT Highlands and Islands Submarine Cable System 402 km 2014 Active

About Mallaig, United Kingdom

Mallaig, United Kingdom is a submarine cable landing point in United Kingdom (coordinates 57.0085°, -5.8204°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in United Kingdom's international connectivity infrastructure.

Mallaig is a port in Morar, on the west coast of the Highlands of Scotland. It faces Skye from across the Sound of Sleat. The local railway station is the terminus of the West Highland Line, and the town is linked to Fort William by the A830 road – the "Road to the Isles". Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

CableRFSLengthOwners
BT Highlands and Islands Submarine Cable System2014402 kmBT

Connectivity profile

From Mallaig, United Kingdom, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include United Kingdom. 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 Mallaig, United Kingdom 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

  • BT Highlands and Islands Submarine Cable System (2014) — BT Highlands and Islands Submarine Cable System is a domestic submarine cable network within United Kingdom, connecting 40 coastal and island locations including Achnaba, Aikerness Bay, Ardbeg Point, Ardgour, Ardmair, and 35 more. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →

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

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Landing Point

  • CountryGB United Kingdom
  • Coordinates57.0085°N 5.8204°W
  • Connected Cables1

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