Mikurashima, Japan

Mikurashima, Japan is a submarine cable landing point in Japan (coordinates 33.8835°, 139.5970°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Japan's international connectivity infrastructure.

Mikura-jima (御蔵島) is an inhabited volcanic Japanese island in the Pacific Ocean. The island is administered by Tōkyō Metropolis and is located approximately 200 kilometres (120 mi) south of Tokyo and 19 kilometres (12 mi) south-southeast of Miyakejima. It is one of the Izu Seven Islands group of the seven northern islands of the Izu archipelago. Mikurashima is administratively part of Mikurashima Village under Miyake Subprefecture of Tokyo Metropolis. As of 2009, the island's population was 351. Mikura-shima is also within the boundaries of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Mikurashima, Japan, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Japan. This location depends on a single cable system — a characteristic that makes it strategically sensitive to physical disruptions.

Monitoring status

GeoCables recorded 1 monitoring event on cables serving Mikurashima, Japan in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• 5 Villages 6 Islands (2019) — 5 Villages 6 Islands is a domestic submarine cable network within Japan, connecting 9 coastal and island locations including Aogashima, Hachijo, Kozushima, Mikurashima, Miyake, and 4 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.