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Sirte, Libya

Landing Point · LY Libya

1 Connected Cables 31.2053°N 16.5883°E Libya
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Connected Cables
LY
Country
31.21°
Latitude
16.59°
Longitude
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Connected Cables

Cable Length RFS Status
LFON (Libyan Fiber Optic Network) 1,639 km 1999 Active

📡 Live Performance

25
measurements
6
probes
34
days monitored
196.9
ms avg RTT
0
anomalies

RTT measurements to this landing point from 2026-04-07 through 2026-05-12 — live ICMP round-trip time via RIPE Atlas probes. Recomputed daily. ✓ No anomalies detected in the monitored period.

Measurement sources

Probe Location Samples Avg Min–Max Last seen
#1014473 own probe Minsk BY 5 251.3 ms 237.7–287.5 2026-05-12
#1014589 own probe Almaty KZ 5 166.9 ms 162.7–170.7 2026-05-12
#1014597 own probe Tbilisi GE 5 150.8 ms 149.5–153.6 2026-05-12
#1014969 own probe Jerusalem IL 5 143.7 ms 140.7–147.5 2026-05-12
#1015313 own probe Sevastopol UA 3 292.1 ms 266.5–335.4 2026-04-27
#1015523 own probe Moscow RU 2 241.6 ms 237.0–246.3 2026-05-12

About Sirte, Libya

Sirte, Libya is a submarine cable landing point in Libya (coordinates 31.2053°, 16.5883°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Libya's international connectivity infrastructure.

Sirte, also spelled Sirt, Surt, Sert or Syrte, is a city in Libya. It is located south of the Gulf of Sirte, almost right in the middle between Tripoli and Benghazi. It is known for its battles, ethnic groups and loyalty to former Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi. Due to developments in the First Libyan Civil War, it was briefly the capital of Libya from 1 September to 20 October 2011 as Tripoli's successor after the city's fall. The settlement was established in the early 20th century by the Italians, at the site of a 19th-century fortress built by the Ottomans. It grew into a city after World War II. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

CableRFSLengthOwners
LFON (Libyan Fiber Optic Network)19991,639 kmLibyan Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology Company (LPTIC Holding)

Connectivity profile

From Sirte, Libya, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Libya. This location depends on a single cable system — a characteristic that makes it strategically sensitive to physical disruptions.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Sirte, Libya 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

  • LFON (Libyan Fiber Optic Network) (1999) — LFON (Libyan Fiber Optic Network) is a domestic submarine cable network within Libya, connecting 13 coastal and island locations including Al Bayda, Al Khums, Benghazi, Brega, Derna, and 8 more. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →

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

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Landing Point

  • CountryLY Libya
  • Coordinates31.2053°N 16.5883°E
  • Connected Cables1

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