Pentaskhinos
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Pentaskhinos is the location of a submarine communications cable
system landing point
on the island of Cyprus
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The following cable systems land at Pentaskhinos:
Submarine communications cable
A submarine communications cable is a cable laid on the sea bed between land-based stations to carry telecommunication signals across stretches of ocean....
system landing point
Cable landing point
A cable landing point is the location where a submarine or other underwater cable makes landfall. The term is most often used for the landfall points of submarine telecommunications cables and submarine power cables. The landing will either be direct or via a branch from a main cable using a...
on the island of Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
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The following cable systems land at Pentaskhinos:
- MedNautilusMedNautilus (cable system)MedNautilus is a submarine telecommunications cable system linking countries bordering the Eastern/Central Mediterranean Sea. It is a successor of the LEV system linking Cyprus, Israel and Italy.It has landing points in:#Catania, Sicily, Italy...
- MINERVAMINERVA (cable system)The MINERVA cable system is a submarine telecommunications cable system connecting Italy with Cyprus.It has cable landing points at:* Mazara del Vallo, Province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy* Catania, Province of Catania, Sicily, Italy...
- CADMOSCADMOS (cable system)CADMOS is a submarine telecommunications cable system in the Mediterranean Sea linking Cyprus and the Lebanon.It has landing points in:* Pentaskhinos, Cyprus* Beirut, Lebanon...
- UGARITUGARIT (cable system)UGARIT is a submarine telecommunications cable system in the Mediterranean Sea linking Cyprus and Syria.It has landing points in:* Pentaskhinos, Cyprus* Tartous, Syria...