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Swakopmund, Namibia cable landing point

Swakopmund, Namibia

Landing point · Namibia

Country: Namibia
Region: West Africa
Cables: 2 in service
Active incidents: None reported
In service since: 2012 (newest 2023)
Longest system: Equiano · 15,000 km
Owners: Altice Portugal, Angola Cables, Bayobab, Broadband Infraco, Camtel and 14 more

Direct links to 13 countries

Nigeria2
Portugal2
South Africa2
Togo2
Angola
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Congo, Rep.
Côte d'Ivoire
Ghana
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Spain

Cables landing here

Equiano2023
West Africa Cable System (WACS)2012

Connected landing points · 15

Other landing points on the cables that land here.

Lagos, Nigeria
Sesimbra, Portugal
Rupert's Bay, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Melkbosstrand, South Africa
Lome, Togo
Sangano, Angola
Limbe, Cameroon
Praia, Cape Verde
Muanda, Congo, Dem. Rep.
Pointe-Noire, Congo, Rep.
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Accra, Ghana
Seixal, Portugal
Yzerfontein, South Africa
El Goro, Canary Islands, Spain

Nearby landing points

Yzerfontein, South Africa1,235 km
Duynefontein, South Africa1,280 km
Melkbosstrand, South Africa1,283 km
Cape Town, South Africa1,303 km
Sangano, Angola1,466 km

Landing point data: TeleGeography, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Positions are approximate (town level).