Ras Lanuf, Libya

Ras Lanuf, Libya is a submarine cable landing point in Libya (coordinates 30.5867°, 18.4119°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Libya's international connectivity infrastructure.

Ras Lanuf is a Mediterranean town in northern Libya, on the Gulf of Sidra in Tripolitania. The town is also home to the Ra's Lanuf Refinery, completed in 1984, with a crude oil refining capacity of 220,000 bbl/d (35,000 m3/d). The oil refinery is operated by the Ra's Lanuf Oil & Gas Processing Company, a subsidiary of the state-owned National Oil Corporation. Additionally, the city houses the Ra's Lanuf petrochemical complex – a major oil terminal – and oil pipelines: the Amal–Ra's Lanuf, the Messla–Ra's Lanuf, and the Defa-Ra's Lanuf pipeline. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Ras Lanuf, Libya, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Libya. 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 Ras Lanuf, Libya 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

• LFON (Libyan Fiber Optic Network) (1999) — LFON (Libyan Fiber Optic Network) is a domestic submarine cable network within Libya, connecting 13 coastal and island locations including Al Bayda, Al Khums, Benghazi, Brega, Derna, and 8 more. 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.