Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis

Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis is a submarine cable landing point in Saint Kitts and Nevis (coordinates 17.2986°, -62.7312°). It serves 3 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Saint Kitts and Nevis's international connectivity infrastructure.

Basseterre is the capital and largest city of Saint Kitts and Nevis with an estimated population of 14,000 in 2018. Geographically, the Basseterre port is located at 17°18′N 62°44′W, on the south-western coast of Saint Kitts Island, and it is one of the chief commercial depots of the Leeward Islands. The city lies within Saint George Basseterre Parish. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis

Cables landing at Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis are operated by 3 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Digicel, Government of the Netherlands, Liberty Networks. 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 Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, international traffic can reach 16 countries through 3 cable systems. Destinations include Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint Barthélemy and 8 more.

Monitoring status

GeoCables recorded 1 monitoring event on cables serving Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Saba, Statia Cable System (SSCS) (2013) — Saba, Statia Cable System (SSCS) is a regional submarine cable connecting 4 countries — Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Sint Maarten, Saint Barthélemy — with 5 landing points including Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Gallows Bay, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Great Bay Beach, Sint Maarten, Great Level Bay, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba and others. Read more →
• Southern Caribbean Fiber (2006) — Southern Caribbean Fiber is a regional submarine cable connecting 15 countries — Guadeloupe, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago and others — with 16 landing points including Baie-Mahault, Guadeloupe, Baillif, Guadeloupe, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Bunkum Bay, Montserrat and others. Read more →
• Antigua-St.Kitts (1995) — Antigua-St.Kitts is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Saint Kitts and Nevis and Antigua and Barbuda. Landing at Basseterre, St. John’s, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →

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