Landing Point · NZ New Zealand
| Cable | Status |
|---|---|
| Aqualink | Active |
RTT measurements to this landing point from 2026-05-13 through 2026-06-03 — live ICMP round-trip time via RIPE Atlas probes. Recomputed daily. ✓ No anomalies detected in the monitored period.
| Probe | Location | Samples | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1014473 own probe | Minsk BY | 3 | 319.9 ms |
| #6427 own probe | Sydney AU | 2 | 42.3 ms |
| #6487 own probe | Singapore SG | 2 | 132.0 ms |
| #7062 own probe | Cape Town ZA | 2 | 379.6 ms |
| #1014589 own probe | Almaty KZ | 2 | 369.4 ms |
| #1014597 own probe | Tbilisi GE | 2 | 341.5 ms |
| #1014969 own probe | Jerusalem IL | 2 | 343.5 ms |
| #1015523 own probe | Moscow RU | 2 | 329.8 ms |
| #1015313 own probe | Sevastopol UA | 1 | 368.4 ms |
| #1015932 own probe | Odessa UA | 1 | 325.1 ms |
Oara is a submarine cable landing point located in New Zealand, a country served by ten submarine cables distributed across twenty landing points along its coastline. As a landing point, Oara connects to the national submarine cable network and plays a role in domestic connectivity. One submarine cable lands at Oara, linking it to the broader framework of New Zealand's undersea communications infrastructure.
The single cable landing at Oara, the Aqualink system, connects points entirely within New Zealand, establishing Oara as a participant in a domestic inter-landing-point corridor rather than an intercontinental or transoceanic route. This domestic orientation places Oara in a distinct category among New Zealand landing points, focused on national rather than international submarine connectivity.
Aqualink is the sole submarine cable landing at Oara. The system reached ready-for-service status in 2001 and connects landing points exclusively within New Zealand. As a domestic cable, Aqualink links New Zealand locations to one another via undersea infrastructure, and Oara represents one endpoint in this national network arrangement.
Within New Zealand's twenty submarine cable landing points, Oara hosts one cable, placing it alongside Christchurch as a single-cable landing point and below multi-cable hubs such as Auckland, which hosts three cables, and New Plymouth, Raglan, Takapuna, and Whenuapai, each of which hosts two. Oara ranks within the top 75 percent of New Zealand landing points by cable count, reflecting that while it is not among the most heavily served locations in the country, it remains an active part of the national submarine cable map.
Oara functions as a single-cable terminus within New Zealand's domestic submarine cable network. Its connection via Aqualink is oriented entirely toward national connectivity, linking it to other New Zealand landing points rather than to overseas destinations. This positions Oara as a contributor to intra-national submarine cable redundancy and reach rather than as a gateway to international routes.
In the broader submarine cable graph of New Zealand, single-cable domestic landing points such as Oara extend the geographic distribution of undersea connectivity beyond the major multi-cable hubs, ensuring that the national network reaches a wider range of coastal locations. The presence of Aqualink at Oara underscores the role that domestic submarine cables play in knitting together New Zealand's dispersed coastal communities through dedicated undersea links.
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