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Zawia, Libya

Landing Point · LY Libya

1 Connected Cables 32.7747°N 12.5298°E Libya
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Connected Cables
LY
Country
32.77°
Latitude
12.53°
Longitude
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Connected Cables

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

📡 Live Performance

14
measurements
6
probes
49
days monitored
197.0
ms avg RTT
0
anomalies

RTT measurements to this landing point from 2026-03-10 through 2026-04-28 — 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
#1014589 own probe Almaty KZ 3 168.7 ms 166.6–171.5 2026-04-28
#1014597 own probe Tbilisi GE 3 150.1 ms 148.4–152.6 2026-04-28
#1014473 own probe Minsk BY 2 239.5 ms 232.0–247.0 2026-04-28
#1014969 own probe Jerusalem IL 2 146.9 ms 146.5–147.3 2026-04-28
#1015313 own probe Sevastopol UA 2 277.8 ms 273.4–282.2 2026-04-28
#1015523 own probe Moscow RU 2 236.8 ms 236.2–237.4 2026-04-28

About Zawia, Libya

Zawia, Libya is a submarine cable landing point in Libya (coordinates 32.7747°, 12.5298°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Libya's international connectivity infrastructure.

Zawiya, officially Zawia, is a city in northwestern Libya, situated on the Libyan coastline of the Mediterranean Sea about 47 km (29 mi) west of Tripoli, in the historic region of Tripolitania. Zawiya is the capital of the Zawiya District. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

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

Connectivity profile

From Zawia, 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 Zawia, 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
  • Coordinates32.7747°N 12.5298°E
  • Connected Cables1

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