Mo I Rana, Norway

Mo I Rana, Norway: Submarine Cable Landing Point

Mo I Rana is a city in Nordland county, Norway, located in the Helgeland region just south of the Arctic Circle. As a coastal location on the Norwegian seaboard, it serves as a landing point for submarine cable infrastructure connecting parts of Norway's northern regions. One submarine cable lands at Mo I Rana, linking it into Norway's broader network of 18 submarine cables distributed across 43 landing points nationwide.

The single cable landing here, Tverrlinken, connects Mo I Rana to another point within Norway, making this a domestic rather than intercontinental connection. This intra-Norwegian routing reflects the geographic realities of Norway's elongated coastline, where submarine cables are used to bridge fjords, islands, and remote communities along the country's northern reaches.

Cables Landing at Mo I Rana

Tverrlinken is the submarine cable landing at Mo I Rana. It reached ready-for-service status in 2010, with its status noted as draft. Tverrlinken connects Norway to Norway, meaning both of its endpoints lie within Norwegian territory, making it a domestic submarine cable. No length specifications are recorded for this cable.

Regional Context

Within Norway's submarine cable landscape, Mo I Rana ranks among the smaller landing points by cable count. Compared to major Norwegian hubs such as Kristiansand, which hosts seven cables, or Stavanger with four and Bergen with three, Mo I Rana's single-cable presence is modest. It is broadly comparable to other northern Norwegian landing points, including Bodø, which also serves the Nordland region and hosts three cables.

Network Role

Mo I Rana functions as a single-cable terminus rather than a multi-cable hub. Its connection via Tverrlinken is oriented entirely within Norway, supporting domestic submarine connectivity in a part of the country where overland or overhead infrastructure may face geographic challenges posed by the Arctic-adjacent terrain and fjord landscape of Nordland. The cable's domestic character means Mo I Rana contributes to Norway's internal network cohesion rather than to international or intercontinental cable corridors.

In the broader Norwegian submarine cable graph, Mo I Rana represents one of several smaller northern landing points that collectively extend connectivity along a coastline where geography makes submarine routes a practical solution for regional communications. Its position just south of the Arctic Circle underlines the role that such landing points play in ensuring domestic network reach across Norway's more remote northern communities.