Splice closure

An enclosure comprising:

• a housing including a length, a height and a thickness that are all perpendicular relative to one another, the length is longer than the height and the height is longer than the thickness, the housing includes opposite first and second ends separated by the length, first and second cable ports are located at the first and second ends, the first and second cable ports are aligned along an axis parallel to the length, the first and second cable ports are the only cable ports of the enclosure, the height extends between a top and a bottom of the housing, the axis is located at a bottom third of the housing, the first and second cable ports each have a cross-dimension measured in the orientation of the thickness that traverses at least one third of the thickness, the first and second cable ports being defined at least in part by end sleeves that project outwardly from a main body of the housing at the opposite first and second ends of the housing, wherein pockets located immediately inward from the end sleeves contain cable sealing gel and the end sleeves are free of gel or other cable sealant, and
• wherein the housing includes front and back housing pieces coupled together by a living hinge and movable relative to one another between an open position and a closed position and a snap-fit latching arrangement is provided about the perimeter of the housing for securing the front and back housing pieces in the closed position, wherein perimeter sealing is provided about the perimeter of the housing including a perimeter groove and a corresponding perimeter sealing rib.