Landing Point · EE Estonia
| Cable | Status |
|---|---|
| Finland Estonia Connection 1 (FEC-1) | Active |
| Finland Estonia Connection 2 (FEC-2) | Active |
| Mjolner East | Planned |
RTT measurements to this landing point from 2026-04-18 through 2026-05-14 — live ICMP round-trip time via RIPE Atlas probes. Recomputed daily. ✓ No anomalies detected in the monitored period.
| Probe | Location | Samples | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1014473 own probe | Minsk BY | 3 | 40.3 ms |
| #1014589 own probe | Almaty KZ | 3 | 73.8 ms |
| #1014597 own probe | Tbilisi GE | 3 | 80.6 ms |
| #1014969 own probe | Jerusalem IL | 3 | 91.0 ms |
| #1015313 own probe | Sevastopol UA | 2 | 58.4 ms |
| #1015523 own probe | Moscow RU | 2 | 21.2 ms |
Kihelkonna is a small borough located in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, in western Estonia. Situated on the island of Saaremaa, it serves as a submarine cable landing point connecting Estonia to the wider Baltic Sea cable network. Three submarine cables land at Kihelkonna, making it one of Estonia's more active landing points in terms of cable count.
The cables landing at Kihelkonna establish a dedicated corridor between Estonia and Finland, with one cable also extending the connection further to Sweden. This positions Kihelkonna within a regional Baltic corridor linking Estonia northward across the Gulf of Finland and into Scandinavia. The combination of established connections and a forthcoming system reflects the sustained importance of this location within the Estonia–Finland submarine cable route.
Mjolner East is a submarine cable with a length of 450 km, currently in draft status with a ready-for-service year of 2027. The cable connects Estonia, Finland, and Sweden, making it the only cable at Kihelkonna to extend beyond the Estonia–Finland bilateral route and reach into Sweden. When operational, it will represent a newer link in the regional Baltic network served by this landing point.
Finland Estonia Connection 1 (FEC-1) became ready for service in 2000 and connects Estonia and Finland. The cable is listed in draft status and forms part of the foundational bilateral connectivity between these two countries served through Kihelkonna.
Finland Estonia Connection 2 (FEC-2) also entered service in 2000 and, like FEC-1, connects Estonia and Finland. Together, FEC-1 and FEC-2 represent a pair of contemporaneous systems that established Kihelkonna's role in the Estonia–Finland submarine cable corridor at the turn of the millennium.
Among Estonia's submarine cable landing points, Kihelkonna shares a cable count of three with both Kärdla and Tallinn, placing it alongside these locations as one of the more connected landing points in the country. Meremöisa, with two cables, is the only Estonian landing point in this peer group with a lower count. Kihelkonna's position on Saaremaa distinguishes it geographically from the mainland-based landing points in this national grouping.
Kihelkonna functions as a multi-cable landing point focused on the Estonia–Finland corridor, with the forthcoming Mjolner East cable adding a Sweden dimension to its connectivity profile. The two FEC cables, both dating to 2000, have provided a long-standing bilateral link between the two countries, while Mjolner East will extend Kihelkonna's reach into Scandinavia upon its completion in 2027. All three cables serve the northern Baltic corridor, reinforcing the landing point's specialization in connecting Estonia to its neighbors across the Gulf of Finland and beyond.
Within the regional submarine cable graph, Kihelkonna represents a notable concentration of Baltic connectivity on an Estonian island, hosting the same number of cables as Estonia's capital landing point and contributing a distinct island-based node to the country's overall submarine cable infrastructure.
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