Landing Point · PT Portugal
| Cable | Status |
|---|---|
| Flores-Corvo Cable System | Active |
RTT measurements to this landing point from 2026-03-26 through 2026-05-28 — live ICMP round-trip time via RIPE Atlas probes. Recomputed daily. ✓ No anomalies detected in the monitored period.
| Probe | Location | Samples | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1014473 own probe | Minsk BY | 6 | 94.7 ms |
| #1014589 own probe | Almaty KZ | 6 | 130.3 ms |
| #1014597 own probe | Tbilisi GE | 6 | 91.2 ms |
| #1014969 own probe | Jerusalem IL | 6 | 89.8 ms |
| #1015523 own probe | Moscow RU | 4 | 76.8 ms |
| #6410 own probe | Sao Paulo BR | 1 | 183.5 ms |
| #6427 own probe | Sydney AU | 1 | 285.2 ms |
| #6487 own probe | Singapore SG | 1 | 195.4 ms |
| #7062 own probe | Cape Town ZA | 1 | 176.8 ms |
| #1015313 own probe | Sevastopol UA | 1 | 105.6 ms |
| #1015563 own probe | Saint Petersburg RU | 1 | 72.0 ms |
Flores is an island in Portugal, forming part of the Azores archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. As a landing point for submarine cable infrastructure, Flores connects to the Portuguese domestic cable network, enabling inter-island connectivity within Portugal. One submarine cable currently lands at Flores, the Flores-Corvo Cable System, which links Flores to other Portuguese territory within the Azores island group.
The Flores-Corvo Cable System establishes a direct submarine link between Flores and Corvo, both of which are Portuguese islands. This positions Flores as a node in the intra-Portuguese island cable network rather than an intercontinental hub, supporting connectivity between two of the westernmost islands of the Azores.
The Flores-Corvo Cable System is the sole submarine cable landing at Flores. Spanning approximately 685 kilometres, this cable reached ready-for-service status in 2014. Both endpoints of the cable are located within Portugal, connecting Flores to the neighbouring island of Corvo. The cable provides a dedicated submarine link between these two Azorean islands, supporting inter-island communications entirely within Portuguese territory.
Within Portugal's submarine cable landscape, which encompasses 21 cables across 19 landing points, Flores sits at the lower end of the connectivity spectrum with a single cable, placing it in the top 53 percent of Portuguese landing points by cable count. Major Portuguese landing points such as Carcavelos, with eight cables, and Sesimbra, with five cables, handle considerably higher volumes of international traffic, while Flores serves a more focused inter-island role. Other Azorean landing points including Ponta Delgada and São Miguel, each hosting three cables, have broader connectivity compared to Flores.
Flores functions as a single-cable terminus, dedicated exclusively to maintaining submarine connectivity between the islands of Flores and Corvo within the Azores. Unlike multi-cable hubs elsewhere in Portugal that serve intercontinental or regional international routes, Flores operates as a domestic inter-island endpoint, ensuring that Corvo — one of the most remote and smallest islands in the Azores — maintains a submarine cable link to its nearest neighbour.
Within the broader Portuguese submarine cable graph, Flores represents a specialised intra-archipelago node rather than a gateway to international networks. Its presence as a dedicated inter-island landing point illustrates that Portugal's submarine cable infrastructure extends beyond major international hubs to serve connectivity needs across its more remote Atlantic island territories.
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