El Médano, Canary Islands, Spain

El Médano, Canary Islands, Spain is a submarine cable landing point in Spain (coordinates 28.0467°, -16.5386°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Spain's international connectivity infrastructure.

Granadilla de Abona is a municipality in the south of Tenerife, covering an area of about 155 km². According to the latest official data from 2025, it has a population of 58,752. The population has grown significantly in recent decades, driven by both internal migration within Spain and immigrants from Latin America and other regions. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From El Médano, Canary Islands, Spain, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Spain. 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 El Médano, Canary Islands, Spain 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

• Tenerife-Gran Canaria (1999) — Tenerife-Gran Canaria is a submarine cable system operating within Spain, with landing points at El Médano, Sardina. It provides dedicated submarine fiber capacity between these locations, supporting telecommunications, internet access, and enterprise connectivity. Read more →

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