Rostock, Germany

Rostock, Germany is a submarine cable landing point in Germany (coordinates 54.0789°, 12.1324°). It serves 3 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Germany's international connectivity infrastructure.

Rostock, officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock, is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, close to the border with Pomerania. With around 210,000 inhabitants, it is the third-largest city on the German Baltic coast after Kiel and Lübeck, the eighth-largest city in the area of former East Germany, as well as the 39th-largest city of Germany. Rostock was the largest coastal and most important port city in East Germany. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Rostock, Germany

Cables landing at Rostock, Germany are operated by 2 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Cinia Oy, GlobalConnect. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Rostock, Germany, international traffic can reach 2 countries through 3 cable systems. Destinations include Denmark, Finland.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Rostock, Germany in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• C-Lion1 (2016) — C-Lion1 is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Finland and Germany. Landing at Hanko, Helsinki, Rostock, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• GlobalConnect-KPN (2006) — GlobalConnect-KPN is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Denmark and Germany. Landing at Gedser, Rostock, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• Elektra-GlobalConnect 1 (GC1) (2000) — Elektra-GlobalConnect 1 (GC1) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Denmark and Germany. Landing at Gedser, Rostock, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.