Point Hope, AK, United States

Point Hope, AK: Submarine Cable Landing Point

Point Hope is a city located in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States, situated on the northern Alaskan coast. As a submarine cable landing point, it serves as a terminus for one submarine cable that connects communities along the Alaskan coastline. The single cable landing here operates within a domestic corridor, linking Point Hope to other points within the United States rather than reaching international destinations.

The Quintillion Subsea Cable Network, which reached readiness for service in 2017, represents Point Hope's connection to the broader submarine cable infrastructure of Alaska. With all endpoints of this cable residing within the United States, the corridor enabled here is intra-national, supporting connectivity between Alaskan communities rather than spanning intercontinental routes.

Cables Landing at Point Hope, AK

The Quintillion Subsea Cable Network is the sole submarine cable landing at Point Hope. Spanning approximately 1,900 km, this cable reached its ready-for-service date in 2017. All other landing points on the Quintillion Subsea Cable Network are located within the United States, making this an entirely domestic cable system. It links Point Hope into a network of Alaskan coastal and Arctic communities served by this system.

Regional Context

Within the United States, Point Hope hosts one of the more modest submarine cable footprints among the country's 160 landing points, which collectively serve 113 submarine cables. Compared to high-density landing points such as Boca Raton, FL and San Juan, PR — each hosting eight cables — or Hermosa Beach, CA and Kapolei, HI with five cables each, Point Hope's single cable places it in the top 69% of United States landing points by cable count. Its significance lies not in cable volume but in its geographic position, extending submarine connectivity into a remote Arctic region of Alaska that few other landing points reach.

Network Role

Point Hope functions as a single-cable terminus within the United States domestic submarine cable network. The Quintillion Subsea Cable Network connects this remote Alaskan city to other communities along a route spanning 1,900 km, forming part of a domestic corridor that addresses the connectivity needs of coastal and Arctic Alaska. Point Hope does not serve as a hub for onward international routing, as all endpoints on its sole cable remain within the United States.

In the broader submarine cable graph of the United States, Point Hope represents the extension of submarine infrastructure into one of the country's most geographically isolated regions, where overland connectivity alternatives are limited and submarine cable systems provide a distinct routing path for Alaska's northern communities.