Tarawa, Kiribati

Tarawa, Kiribati is a submarine cable landing point in Kiribati (coordinates 1.3291°, 172.9791°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Kiribati's international connectivity infrastructure.

Tarawa is an atoll and the capital of the Republic of Kiribati, in the Micronesia region of the central Pacific Ocean. It comprises North Tarawa, which has 6,629 inhabitants and much in common with other more remote islands of the Gilbert group, and South Tarawa, which has 56,388 inhabitants as of 2015, half of the country's total population. The atoll was the site of the Battle of Tarawa during World War II. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Tarawa, Kiribati, international traffic can reach 2 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Micronesia, Nauru. 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 Tarawa, Kiribati 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

• East Micronesia Cable System (EMCS) (2026) — East Micronesia Cable System (EMCS) is a regional submarine cable serving 3 countries: Micronesia, Kiribati, Nauru. With landing points at Kosrae, Pohnpei, Tarawa, Yaren, it strengthens regional internet resilience and provides route diversity — crucial when nearby cables experience faults. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.