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Colón, Panama

Landing Point · PA Panama

1 Connected Cables 9.3537°N 79.9000°W Panama
1
Connected Cables
PA
Country
9.35°
Latitude
79.90°
Longitude
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Connected Cables

Cable Length RFS Status
South American Crossing (SAC) 20,000 km 2000 Active

About Colón, Panama

Colón, Panama is a submarine cable landing point in Panama (coordinates 9.3537°, -79.9000°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Panama's international connectivity infrastructure.

Connected submarine cables

CableRFSLengthOwners
South American Crossing (SAC)200020,000 kmCirion Technologies, Sparkle

Connectivity profile

From Colón, Panama, international traffic can reach 8 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Peru, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (U.S.). 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 Colón, Panama 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

  • South American Crossing (SAC) (2000) — South American Crossing (SAC) is a 20,000 km submarine cable commissioned in 2000 that loops around the east and west coasts of South America, connecting twelve landings across eight countries and one US territory. From north to south along the Atlantic: St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands, Fortaleza, Rio de Janeiro, and Santos in Brazil, Las Toninas in Argentina. Read more →

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

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Landing Point

  • CountryPA Panama
  • Coordinates9.3537°N 79.9000°W
  • Connected Cables1

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