Wakkanai, Japan

Wakkanai, Japan is a submarine cable landing point in Japan (coordinates 45.3940°, 141.6982°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Japan's international connectivity infrastructure.

Wakkanai is a city located in Sōya Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Wakkanai is the capital of Sōya Subprefecture. Situated approximately 1,100 km north of Tokyo and 270 km north of Sapporo, it is the northernmost municipality under Japanese administration following the loss of Karafuto and the Kuril Islands, with Benten-jima being the northernmost point under Japanese control. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Wakkanai, Japan, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Japan. 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 Wakkanai, Japan 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

• Hokkaido-Rebun-Rishiri (2011) — Hokkaido-Rebun-Rishiri is a submarine cable system operating within Japan, with landing points at Rebun, Rishirifuji, Wakkanai. It provides dedicated submarine fiber capacity between these locations, supporting telecommunications, internet access, and enterprise connectivity. Read more →

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