Port Hedland, WA, Australia

Port Hedland, WA, Australia is a submarine cable landing point in Australia (coordinates -20.3135°, 118.5772°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Australia's international connectivity infrastructure.

Port Hedland is the second largest town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, with an urban population of 15,298 as of the 2021 census, including the satellite town of South Hedland, 18 kilometres (11 mi) away. It is also the site of the highest tonnage port in Australia. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Port Hedland, WA, Australia, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Australia. 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 Port Hedland, WA, Australia 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

• North-West Cable System (2016) — North-West Cable System is a submarine cable system operating within Australia, with landing points at Darwin, Port Hedland, Wurrumiyanga. It provides dedicated submarine fiber capacity between these locations, supporting telecommunications, internet access, and enterprise connectivity. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.