Angra do Heroismo, Portugal

Angra do Heroismo, Portugal is a submarine cable landing point in Portugal (coordinates 38.6585°, -27.2158°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Portugal's international connectivity infrastructure.

Angra do Heroísmo, officially the Very Noble, Loyal and Ever Steadfast City of Angra do Heroísmo, or simply Angra, is a city and municipality on Terceira Island, Portugal, and one of the three capital cities of the Azores. Founded in 1478, Angra was historically the most important city in the Azores, as seat of the Bishop of the Azores, government entities, and having previously served as the capital city of Portugal during the Liberal Wars. The population in 2011 was 35,402, in an area of 239.00 km2. It was classified as a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1983. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Angra do Heroismo, Portugal, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Portugal. This location depends on a single cable system — a characteristic that makes it strategically sensitive to physical disruptions.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Angra do Heroismo, Portugal 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

• Azores Fiber Optic System (AFOS) (1998) — Azores Fiber Optic System (AFOS) is a domestic submarine cable system within Portugal, linking 7 landing points including Angra do Heroismo, Portugal, Faial, Portugal, Graciosa, Portugal, Ponta Delgada, Portugal and others. It strengthens domestic network resilience in Portugal by providing submarine connectivity between coastal and island communities. Read more →

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