List of international submarine communications cables


This is a list of international submarine communications cables. It does not include domestic cable systems, such as those on the coastlines of Japan, Italy, and Brazil. All the cable systems listed below have landing points in two or more countries. Several older cables are no longer used for international telecommunications, but are used for scientific purposes. Others are simply abandoned.

Alphabetic list

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A

  • AAE-1 – Asia Africa Europe Gateway; France, Italy, Greece, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, Yemen, Qatar, UAE, Oman, Pakistan, India, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong
  • AAG – Asia America Gateway; Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Guam, Hawaii, Continental USA West Coast
  • AC-1 – Atlantic Crossing; USA, UK, Germany, the Netherlands
  • AC-2 – Atlantic Crossing, a.k.a. Yellow; USA-UK
  • ACC-1 – Asia Connect Cable System; Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, East Timor, Guam, USA
  • ACE – Africa Coast to Europe; France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Canary Islands, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, São Tomé and Príncipe, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Namibia, South Africa
  • Aden-Djibouti – Yemen-Djibouti
  • ADRIA-1 – Croatia, Albania, Greece
  • AEConnect – Shirley, USA to Killala, Ireland
  • Africa-1 – France, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Djibouti, UAE, Pakistan, Somalia, Kenya
  • AIS – Australia-Indonesia-Singapore
  • AJC – Australia-Japan Cable
  • Alaska Communications System
  • ALETAR – Alexandria-Tarsous; Egypt-Syria
  • Alonso de Ojeda – Aruba-Curaçao
  • ALPAL-2 – Algiers-Palma de Mallorca; Algeria-Spain
  • AMERICAS-1 NORTH – USA-US Virgin Islands
  • AMERICAS-1 SOUTH – US Virgin Islands, Trinidad, Venezuela, Brazil
  • AMERICAS-II – USA, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Martinique, Curaçao, Trinidad, Venezuela, French Guiana, Brazil
  • Amitié – Bude, UK-Le Porge, France, Lynn, USA
  • AMX-1 – United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Brazil
  • ANNIBAL – France-Tunisia
  • ANTILLAS I – Dominican Republic-Puerto Rico
  • Antilles Crossing Phase 1 – US Virgin Islands, St Lucia, Barbados
  • ANZAC Cable System – Australia, New Zealand
  • ANZCAN – Australia, New Zealand, Canada
  • APC – Asia-Pacific Cable; Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore
  • APCN – Asia-Pacific Cable Network; Japan, Korea, Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia
  • APCN 2 – Asia-Pacific Cable Network 2; Japan, Korea, Philippines, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore
  • APHRODITE-1 – Greece-Cyprus
  • APHRODITE-2 – Greece-Cyprus
  • APNG-1 – Australia-Papua New Guinea
  • APNG-2 – Australia-Papua New Guinea
  • APG – Asia-Pacific Gateway
  • Apollo – USA, UK, France
  • ARCOS-1 – Americas Region Caribbean Optical-ring System; USA, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Turks and Caicos Islands, Bahamas
  • :it:Arctic Fibre – UK, Canada, USA, Japan
  • Arctic Link – UK, Canada, USA, Japan
  • ARIANE-2 – France-Greece
  • ASE (Asia Submarine Cable Express) – Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore
  • ASEAN – Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand
  • ASH – American Samoa, Samoa, Hawaii
  • Atlantica-1/GlobeNet – USA, Bermuda, Venezuela, Brazil
  • ATLANTIS – Brazil, Senegal, Portugal
  • ATLANTIS-2 – Argentina, Brazil, Senegal, Cape Verde Islands, Canary Islands, Madeira, Spain, Portugal
  • ATLAS – Portugal, Morocco
  • Atlas Offshore – Morocco-France
  • Australia Singapore Cable – Australia – Singapore
  • Australia West Express – Perth – Diego Garcia – Djibouti

B

  • BAHAMAS 2 –
  • BALTICA –
  • Banjoewangi – Broome
  • Barcelona – Pisa
  • Barcelona – Rome
  • BARGEN –
  • BARSAV –
  • BCS –
  • BDSNi –
  • BERYTAR –
  • Bharat Lanka Cable System –
  • BICS –
  • Blue-Raman –
  • BMP –
  • Botnia –
  • BRCS –
  • BS –
  • BSCS –
  • BSFOCS –
  • BT-MT1 –
  • BT-TE1 –
  • BUS-1 –
  • BDM –
  • BBG –

C

D

  • Danica North
  • Danica South
  • DANICE –
  • Darwin – Banjoewangi
  • Denmark-Norway 5
  • Denmark-Norway 6
  • Denmark-Poland 2
  • Denmark-Russia 1
  • Denmark-Sweden 15
  • Denmark-Sweden 16
  • Denmark-Sweden 17
  • Denmark-Sweden 18
  • DMCS –
  • Dunant – US-France – went live 2020
  • DSCS –

E

  • EAC-C2C –
  • Eagle – – planned
  • EASSy –
  • EC-1 –
  • ECFS –
  • ECSC –
  • EDF1 –
  • EDF2 –
  • EE-S1 –
  • EESF-2 –
  • EESF-3 –
  • EIG –
  • EMOS 1 –
  • ESAT 1 –
  • ESAT 2 –
  • Estepona–Tetuán –
  • EURAFRICA –

F

G

H

I

  • I-ME-WE –
  • i2i –
  • India-UAE
  • INDIGO-West
  • IOCOM –
  • Ir-UK Seg A –
  • Ir-UK Seg B –
  • Italy-Albania
  • Italy-Croatia
  • Italy-Greece
  • Italy-Libya
  • Italy-Malta
  • Italy-Monaco
  • Italy-Tunisia
  • ITUR –

J

K

  • KAFOS –
  • KATTEGAT-1 –
  • KATTEGAT-2 –
  • KELTRA-2 –
  • Key West-Havana 5
  • Key West-Havana 6
  • KDN-Reliance –
  • KJCN –
  • Kuwait-Iran

L

  • La Perouse-Nelson –
  • La Perouse-Wakapuaka –
  • LANIS-1 –
  • LANIS-2 –
  • LANIS-3 –
  • LEV –
  • Liberty –
  • LION –
  • LV-SE 1 –
  • LSP –

M

N

  • NACS –
  • NAFSIKA –
  • NCP –
  • New Jersey-Bermuda –
  • New Zealand-Fiji –
  • NorSea Com 1 –
  • NPC – –

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y