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submarine communications cable

long range communications device placed underwater, often intercontinental
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Summary

submarine communications cable ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,536 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: cable[2], telecommunications cable[3]
  • Has use: telecommunications[4]
  • Commons category: Submarine communications cables[5]
  • Has part(s): cable landing point[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Submarine communications cables[7]
  • Described by source: The New Student's Reference Work[8]
  • Topic has template: Template:Infobox submarine communications cable[9]
  • Properties for this type: P2957[10], P193[11]
  • Uses: electricity[12], optical fiber[13]

Why It Matters

submarine communications cable has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

telecommunications

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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  1. 4w ago · Jeuwre · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → cable-submarine, cables-submarine
    Sciencedirect topic id → computer-science/submarine-cable-system
    Pronunciation audio → De-Seekabel.ogg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Pronunciation audio: De-Seekabel.ogg"
  2. 17w ago · Olea · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Submarine communications cables
    Nomenclature for museum cataloging → 11358
    Has parts → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Common procurement vocabulary code: 31321400-6, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/53456189|Câble subaquatique (#53456189)]] for {{P|5417}}"
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