Olonkinbyen, Norway

Olonkinbyen, Norway is a submarine cable landing point in Norway (coordinates 70.9091°, -8.7344°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Norway's international connectivity infrastructure.

Olonkinbyen is the only settlement on the Norwegian island of Jan Mayen. It was named after Russian-Norwegian explorer Gennady Olonkin, who participated in Arctic expeditions and served on Jan Mayen during several periods between 1928 and 1936. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Olonkinbyen, Norway, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Norway. 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 Olonkinbyen, Norway 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

• Arctic Way (2028) — Arctic Way is a domestic submarine cable network within Norway, connecting 4 coastal and island locations including Bodø, Fauske, Longyearbyen, Olonkinbyen. 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.