Wurrumiyanga, NT, Australia

Wurrumiyanga, NT, Australia is a submarine cable landing point in Australia (coordinates -11.7626°, 130.6321°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Australia's international connectivity infrastructure.

Wurrumiyanga, formerly Nguiu, is a community on the southern coast of Bathurst Island, Northern Territory, Australia. With about 1,600 residents, it is the largest community on the island. There are regular ferries and flights between Wurrumiyanga and Darwin, as well as a ferry that connects Wurrumiyanga with nearby Melville Island. The Tiwi Islands Football League, an Australian rules football competition, hosts most of its games in Wurrumiyanga. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Wurrumiyanga, NT, Australia, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Australia. 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 Wurrumiyanga, NT, Australia 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

• North-West Cable System (2016) — North-West Cable System is a submarine cable system operating within Australia, with landing points at Darwin, Port Hedland, Wurrumiyanga. 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.