Qaqortoq, Greenland

Qaqortoq, Greenland is a submarine cable landing point in Greenland (coordinates 60.7189°, -46.0354°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Greenland's international connectivity infrastructure.

Qaqortoq, also known as Julianehåb, is the capital city of the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland, located near Cape Thorvaldsen. With a population of 3,069 in 2025, it is the most populous town in Kujalleq and the fourth most in Greenland. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Qaqortoq, Greenland, international traffic can reach 3 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Canada, Greenland, Iceland. 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 Qaqortoq, Greenland 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

• Greenland Connect (2009) — Greenland Connect is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting Iceland, Canada, Greenland. Its 4 landing points at Landeyjar, Milton, Nuuk, Qaqortoq bridge the networks of Europe, North America, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →

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