Eight-Mile Rock, Bahamas

Eight-Mile Rock, Bahamas is a submarine cable landing point in Bahamas (coordinates 26.5396°, -78.8029°). It serves 2 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Bahamas's international connectivity infrastructure.

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Eight-Mile Rock, Bahamas

Cables landing at Eight-Mile Rock, Bahamas are operated by 2 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Bahamas Telecommunications Company, Bermuda Telephone Company (BTC). 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 Eight-Mile Rock, Bahamas, international traffic can reach 2 countries through 2 cable systems. Destinations include Bahamas, United States.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Eight-Mile Rock, Bahamas 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

• Grand Bahama Bimini Submarine Cable (2005) — Grand Bahama Bimini Submarine Cable is a submarine cable system operating within Bahamas, with landing points at Alice Town, Eight-Mile Rock. It provides dedicated submarine fiber capacity between these locations, supporting telecommunications, internet access, and enterprise connectivity. Read more →
• Bahamas 2 (1997) — Bahamas 2 is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Bahamas and United States. Landing at Eight-Mile Rock, Nassau, Vero Beach, 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. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.