Symbister, United Kingdom

Symbister, United Kingdom is a submarine cable landing point in United Kingdom (coordinates 60.3410°, -1.0249°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in United Kingdom's international connectivity infrastructure.

Symbister is the largest village and port on Whalsay, an island in the Shetland archipelago of Scotland. The population in 1991 was 797. The focus of the village is the harbour, which is home to small fishing boats as well as large deep sea trawlers. The village is overlooked by the granite mansion Symbister House, built by the Sixth Robert Bruce of Symbister in 1823. The harbour is also known by the names Bay Of Symbister, Symbister Harbour and Symbister Old Harbour. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Symbister, United Kingdom, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include United Kingdom. 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 Symbister, 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.

About the cables

• R100 North (2023) — R100 North is a domestic submarine cable network within United Kingdom, connecting 31 coastal and island locations including Baile Mòr, Bay of London, Belmont, Burravoe, Crockness, and 26 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.