Seattle, WA, United States

Seattle, WA, United States is a submarine cable landing point in United States (coordinates 47.6036°, -122.3294°). It serves 2 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in United States's international connectivity infrastructure.

Seattle is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It is the 18th-most populous city in the United States with a population of 780,995 in 2024, while the Seattle metropolitan area at over 4.15 million residents is the 15th-most populous metropolitan area in the nation. The city is the county seat of King County, the most populous county in Washington. Seattle's growth rate of 21.1% between 2010 and 2020 made it one of the country's fastest-growing large cities. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Seattle, WA, United States

Cables landing at Seattle, WA, United States are operated by 5 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Bell Canada, Ledcor Industries Inc., Rogers Communications, Whidbey Telecom, Zayo. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Seattle, WA, United States, international traffic can reach 2 countries through 2 cable systems. Destinations include Canada, United States.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Seattle, WA, United States 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

• AmeriCan-1 (1999) — AmeriCan-1 is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Canada and United States. Landing at Cordova Bay, Esquimalt, Oak Harbor, Point Roberts, Seattle, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• Whidbey Island-Seattle (1999) — Whidbey Island-Seattle is a submarine cable system operating within United States, with landing points at Maxwelton, Seattle. 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.