Thorlakshofn, Iceland

Thorlakshofn, Iceland is a submarine cable landing point in Iceland (coordinates 63.8563°, -21.3781°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Iceland's international connectivity infrastructure.

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Thorlakshofn, Iceland, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Ireland. 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 Thorlakshofn, Iceland 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

• IRIS (2023) — IRIS is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Ireland and Iceland. Landing at Galway, Thorlakshofn, 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 →

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