RIOJA-3 was a submarine telecommunications cable system linking the Belgium and the Netherlands across the southern

North Sea The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. An epeiric sea, epeiric sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the ...

. It had landing points in: # Oostduinkerke-Bad,

Flanders Flanders (, ; Dutch: ''Vlaanderen'' ) is the Flemish-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to cultu ...

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

Egmond aan Zee Egmond aan Zee () is a village on the North Sea coast in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Bergen, about 9 km west of Alkmaar. Egmond aan Zee was a separate municipality until 1978, when it merged with ...

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

It was withdrawn from service on 13 October 2006http://atlantic-cable.com/Cables/CableTimeLine/index1951.htm, Atlantic Cable Cable Timeline, 1951-2000.

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Kingfisher information site

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Submarine communications cables in the North Sea Belgium–Netherlands relations Bergen, North Holland Koksijde 2006 disestablishments in Belgium 2006 disestablishments in the Netherlands {{telecomm-stub