Torshavn, Faroe Islands

Torshavn, Faroe Islands is a submarine cable landing point in Faroe Islands (coordinates 62.0175°, -6.7718°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Faroe Islands's international connectivity infrastructure.

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Torshavn, Faroe Islands, 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 Torshavn, Faroe Islands 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

• SHEFA-2 (2008) — SHEFA-2 is a point-to-point submarine cable linking United Kingdom and Faroe Islands. Landing at Ayre of Cara, Banff, BP Clair Ridge, Glen Lyon, Maywick, and 2 more, 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.