Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is a submarine cable landing point in Cuba (coordinates 19.9396°, -75.1582°). It serves 2 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Cuba's international connectivity infrastructure.

Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, officially known as Naval Station Guantanamo Bay or NSGB, is a United States military base located on 45 square miles (117 km2) of land and water on the shore of Guantánamo Bay at the southeastern end of Cuba. It has been de facto extraterritoriality of the U.S. since 1903 as a coaling station and naval base. It is the oldest overseas American naval base. Since 1974, the U.S. has paid the Cuban government an annual sum equivalent to $4,085 in 1934 dollars to lease the bay. The lease was previously $2,000 per year until 1934, when it was set to match the value of gold in dollars. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Cables landing at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba are operated by 1 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including U.S. Government. 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 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 2 cable systems. Destinations include United States.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 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

• GTMO-PR (2019) — GTMO-PR is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Cuba and United States. Landing at Guantanamo Bay, Punta Salinas, 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 →
• GTMO-1 (2016) — GTMO-1 is a point-to-point submarine cable linking United States and Cuba. Landing at Dania Beach, Guantanamo Bay, 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. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.