Belize City, Belize

Belize City, Belize is a submarine cable landing point in Belize (coordinates 17.4955°, -88.1816°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Belize's international connectivity infrastructure.

Belize City is the largest city in Belize. It was once the capital of the former British Honduras. According to the 2022 census, Belize City has a population of 63,999 people. It is at the mouth of the Haulover Creek, which is a distributary of the Belize River. The Belize River empties into the Caribbean Sea eight kilometres from Belize City on the Philip Goldson Highway on the coast of the Caribbean. The city is the country's principal port and its financial and industrial hub. Cruise ships drop anchor outside the port and are tendered by local citizens. The city was almost entirely destroyed in October 1961 when Hurricane Hattie swept ashore. It was the capital of British Honduras until the government was moved to the new capital of Belmopan in 1970. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Belize City, Belize, international traffic can reach 13 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and 5 more. 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 Belize City, Belize 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

• ARCOS (2001) — ARCOS is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 14 countries across Central America, South America, North America. With 24 landing points — including Belize City, Bluefields, Cancún, Cartagena, Cat Island, and 19 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →

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