Umbogintwini, South Africa

Umbogintwini, South Africa is a submarine cable landing point in South Africa (coordinates -30.0217°, 30.9016°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in South Africa's international connectivity infrastructure.

Umbogintwini is a suburb located approximately 23 km south-west of Durban, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa and it forms part of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Umbogintwini, South Africa, international traffic can reach 3 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion. 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 Umbogintwini, South Africa 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

• Meltingpot Indianoceanic Submarine System (METISS) (2021) — Meltingpot Indianoceanic Submarine System (METISS) is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion, South Africa. Its 4 landing points at Baie du Tombeau, Fort Dauphin, Le Port, Umbogintwini bridge the networks of Indian Ocean, East Africa, Southern Africa, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →

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