Søndervig

Søndervig is a beach town and tourist destination on the west coast of Jutland, in the Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality in Denmark.

Søndervig
Søndervig seen from Ringkøbing Fjord
Søndervig seen from Ringkøbing Fjord
Coordinates: 56.1192°N 8.1164°E / 56.1192; 8.1164
CountryDenmark
RegionCentral Denmark Region
MunicipalityRingkøbing-Skjern Municipality

Søndervig is the surfacing point for early undersea telecommunications cables from Newbiggin in Northumberland, England that were originally laid by the Great Northern Telegraph Company of Copenhagen.[1]

References

  1. Joseph Wagstaff Blundell (1871). The manual of submarine telegraph companies. London. p. 30.
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