The wires

What it shows

The submarine fibre-optic cables that carry almost all intercontinental internet traffic. Select a cable to see its name and details. Chokepoints such as the Red Sea and the Strait of Malacca show up as tight bundles of cables.

Where the data comes from

TeleGeography submarine cable map (open GeoJSON); relayed and cached by the server for 6 hours.

Reading the map

One colour per cable, so a single cable can be followed across an ocean.

Units Cable routes (no measured quantity).

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One page for each

See the list: every item this layer shows has its own page, with facts, source and a map

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