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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

📡 Live Performance

74
measurements
8
probes
72
days monitored
194.2
ms avg RTT
0
anomalies

RTT measurements to this landing point from 2026-03-04 through 2026-05-15 — live ICMP round-trip time via RIPE Atlas probes. Recomputed daily. ✓ No anomalies detected in the monitored period.

Measurement sources

Probe Location Samples Avg Min–Max Last seen
#61587 RIPE Atlas 50 179.2 ms 164.8–316.5 2026-05-15
#1014473 own probe Minsk BY 5 200.4 ms 189.9–236.6 2026-05-01
#1014589 own probe Almaty KZ 5 289.4 ms 256.6–390.5 2026-05-01
#1014597 own probe Tbilisi GE 5 221.5 ms 215.3–226.4 2026-05-01
#4113 RIPE Atlas 4 182.2 ms 176.1–185.1 2026-03-15
#1014969 own probe Jerusalem IL 2 225.5 ms 225.2–225.7 2026-05-01
#1015313 own probe Sevastopol UA 2 240.2 ms 237.6–242.9 2026-05-01
#1015523 own probe Moscow RU 1 191.5 ms 191.5–191.5 2026-05-01

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.

Other Landing Points in Panama

Landing Point

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

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