Alta Vista, Canary Islands, Spain

Alta Vista, Canary Islands, Spain is a submarine cable landing point in Spain (coordinates 27.9995°, -15.7000°). It serves 3 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Spain's international connectivity infrastructure.

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Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Alta Vista, Canary Islands, Spain

Cables landing at Alta Vista, Canary Islands, Spain are operated by 34 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including AT&T, Altice Portugal, Angola Telecom, BICS, BT, Camtel, China Telecom, Chunghwa Telecom, Cogent, Cyta, and 24 others. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Alta Vista, Canary Islands, Spain, international traffic can reach 11 countries through 3 cable systems. Destinations include Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, Portugal and 3 more.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Alta Vista, Canary Islands, Spain in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• SAT-3/WASC (2002) — SAT-3/WASC is an intercontinental submarine cable system connecting West Africa and Europe and Southern Africa, with 12 landing points across 11 countries including Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Accra, Ghana, Alta Vista, Canary Islands, Spain, Cacuaco, Angola and others. Read more →
• TRANSCAN-3 (2000) — TRANSCAN-3 is a submarine cable system operating within Spain, with landing points at Alta Vista, Playa Blanca. It provides dedicated submarine fiber capacity between these locations, supporting telecommunications, internet access, and enterprise connectivity. Read more →
• CANDALTA (1999) — CANDALTA is a submarine cable system operating within Spain, with landing points at Alta Vista, Candelaria. It provides dedicated submarine fiber capacity between these locations, supporting telecommunications, internet access, and enterprise connectivity. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.