Noumea, New Caledonia

Noumea, New Caledonia is a submarine cable landing point in New Caledonia (coordinates -22.3033°, 166.4392°). It serves 2 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in New Caledonia's international connectivity infrastructure.

Naval Base Noumea was a major United States Navy sea and air base at Nouméa, New Caledonia. Naval Base Noumea was built at Noumea Harbor. Noumea was picked for a naval base as it was beyond the range of Japanese land-based planes. Noumea is on the east side of the Coral Sea, 1,469 kilometres from Brisbane, Australia. The base was built during World War II to support the many ships and aircraft fighting and patrolling in the South West Pacific theatre of war as part of the Pacific War. Naval Base Noumea had an anchorage for large ships. Noumea was protected against submarine attack by a ring of islands and naval minefields. At its peak 50,000 troops were stationed at Naval Base Noumea. New Caledonia has been a colony of France since 1853. Nouméa is the capital city of New Caledonia. On November 8, 1942, US Navy South Pacific headquarters moved to Nouméa. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Noumea, New Caledonia

Cables landing at Noumea, New Caledonia are operated by 1 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including OPT. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Noumea, New Caledonia, international traffic can reach 3 countries through 2 cable systems. Destinations include Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Noumea, New Caledonia 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

• Gondwana-2/Picot-2 (2022) — Gondwana-2/Picot-2 is a point-to-point submarine cable linking New Caledonia and Fiji. Landing at Mont-Dore, Noumea, Suva, Tadine, Vao, and 2 more, 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 →
• Gondwana-1 (2008) — Gondwana-1 is a point-to-point submarine cable linking New Caledonia and Australia. Landing at Noumea, Sydney, 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.