Ustica, Italy

Ustica, Italy is a submarine cable landing point in Italy (coordinates 38.7099°, 13.1920°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Italy's international connectivity infrastructure.

Ustica is a small Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is about 5 kilometres (3 mi) across and is situated 52 kilometres (32 mi) north of Capo Gallo, Sicily. Roughly 1,300 people live in the comune (municipality) of the same name. There is a regular ferry service from the island to Palermo in Sicily. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Ustica, Italy, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Italy. 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 Ustica, Italy 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

• Piano Isole Minori (2024) — Piano Isole Minori is a domestic submarine cable network within Italy, connecting 31 coastal and island locations including Alicudi Porto, Cala d'Oliva, Canneto, Capraia Isola, Carloforte, 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.