Landing Point · GB United Kingdom
| Cable | Status |
|---|---|
| SHEFA-2 | Active |
Sandwick, United Kingdom is a submarine cable landing point in United Kingdom (coordinates 59.9960°, -1.2387°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in United Kingdom's international connectivity infrastructure.
Sandwick is a village and an ancient parish in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It was merged in 1891, along with Cunningsburgh, into Dunrossness. Sandwick is located 13 miles (21 km) south of Lerwick in the South Mainland, and is considered a Tier 1 settlement in Shetland. It comprises a number of distinct settlements in very close proximity to each other, each remaining distinct through being separated by agricultural land. These settlements within Sandwick include Old Sandwick, Leebitton, Broonies' Taing, Stove, Swinister and Hoswick; the latter is almost a village in its own right and is often considered distinct from Sandwick. Wikipedia
| Cable | RFS | Length | Owners |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHEFA-2 | 2008 | 1,000 km | Shefa |
From Sandwick, United Kingdom, international traffic can reach 2 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Faroe Islands, United Kingdom. This location depends on a single cable system — a characteristic that makes it strategically sensitive to physical disruptions.
No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Sandwick, United Kingdom 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.
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