Svalbard Undersea Cable System
🇳🇴 Harstad → 🇳🇴 Breivika (Tromsø area) → 🇳🇴 Hotellneset (Longyearbyen area)
Twin submarine communications cables connecting mainland Norway to Svalbard (schematic route).
Critical submarine cable infrastructure providing communications connectivity between mainland Norway and Svalbard.
The Svalbard Undersea Cable System consists of twin submarine communications cables that have been operational since 2004. Owned and operated by Space Norway, the system connects Harstad and Breivika (Tromso) on the mainland to Hotellneset on Svalbard, providing essential communications for Norway's Arctic archipelago.
Route
Endpoints: 🇳🇴 Harstad → 🇳🇴 Breivika (Tromsø area) → 🇳🇴 Hotellneset (Longyearbyen area)
Route is auto-generated for visualization from endpoints (schematic).
Owners & Operators
Space Norway
Networks
- Arctic Way (owner, operator)
- Svalbard Undersea Cable System (owner, operator)
- Longyearbyen-Ny-Alesund (owner, operator)