Landing Point · GG Guernsey
| Cable | Status |
|---|---|
| High-capacity Undersea Guernsey Optical-fibre (HUGO) | Active |
RTT measurements to this landing point from 2026-04-29 through 2026-06-01 — 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 | 4 | 51.4 ms |
| #1015523 own probe | Moscow RU | 4 | 60.9 ms |
| #1014589 own probe | Almaty KZ | 3 | 121.2 ms |
| #1014597 own probe | Tbilisi GE | 3 | 71.1 ms |
| #1014969 own probe | Jerusalem IL | 3 | 78.7 ms |
| #1015313 own probe | Sevastopol UA | 3 | 101.1 ms |
| #6427 own probe | Sydney AU | 1 | 263.2 ms |
| #6487 own probe | Singapore SG | 1 | 167.6 ms |
| #1015563 own probe | Saint Petersburg RU | 1 | 60.1 ms |
Pembroke is a landing point on the island of Guernsey, a British Crown dependency situated in the English Channel off the northwest coast of France. As a submarine cable landing point, Pembroke connects Guernsey to the broader regional cable network linking the island to both the United Kingdom and France. One submarine cable currently makes landfall at Pembroke, establishing the location as part of Guernsey's overall submarine cable infrastructure.
The single cable landing at Pembroke is the High-capacity Undersea Guernsey Optical-fibre system, known as HUGO. This cable supports connectivity along a regional corridor spanning France, Guernsey, and the United Kingdom, positioning Pembroke as a node within the short-haul English Channel cable network rather than an intercontinental hub.
High-capacity Undersea Guernsey Optical-fibre (HUGO) is a 425-kilometre submarine cable system that reached ready-for-service status in 2007. The cable connects France, Guernsey, and the United Kingdom, providing a direct fibre-optic link between the Channel Island and its two nearest continental neighbours. HUGO's routing across the English Channel underpins regional data connectivity for Guernsey along one of the busier short-distance cable corridors in northwest Europe.
Guernsey's submarine cable infrastructure spans three landing points — Pembroke, L'Ancresse Bay, and Saints Bay — collectively hosting four cables. Pembroke hosts one cable, while L'Ancresse Bay and Saints Bay each accommodate two cables, making those two locations the more densely served landing points on the island. Nonetheless, Pembroke's single cable places it within the top third of Guernsey's landing points by cable count.
Pembroke functions as a single-cable terminus within Guernsey's submarine cable network, serving as the landfall point for the HUGO system. Through HUGO, Pembroke enables direct fibre-optic connectivity between Guernsey and both France and the United Kingdom, supporting the island's integration into the regional English Channel cable corridor. The cable's 425-kilometre length and 2007 ready-for-service date reflect its role as a relatively modern regional link rather than a long-haul intercontinental system.
Within the broader submarine cable graph of Guernsey, Pembroke contributes one of four total cable landings distributed across the island's three active landing points. This distribution across multiple sites — with Pembroke, L'Ancresse Bay, and Saints Bay each serving distinct cable routes — reflects the geographic spread of Guernsey's undersea connectivity, and Pembroke's participation in that arrangement anchors the island's cable access along its HUGO-enabled corridor to France and the United Kingdom.
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