Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates is a submarine cable landing point in United Arab Emirates (coordinates 25.3523°, 55.3922°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in United Arab Emirates's international connectivity infrastructure.

Sharjah is a major port city and the third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi. It is the capital of the Emirate of Sharjah and forms part of the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area. The emirate shares legal, political, military and economic functions with the other emirates of the UAE within a federal framework. Each emirate has jurisdiction over some functions such as civil law enforcement and provision and upkeep of local facilities. Sharjah has been ruled by the Al Qasimi dynasty since the 18th century. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include United Arab Emirates. 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 Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 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

• Sir Abu Nu’ayr Cable (2018) — Sir Abu Nu’ayr Cable is a submarine cable system operating within United Arab Emirates, with landing points at Sharjah, Sir Abu Nu'Ayr Island. 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.