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Iquique, Chile

Landing Point · CL Chile

1 Connected Cables 20.2167°S 70.1422°W Chile
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20.22°
Latitude
70.14°
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Connected Cables

Cable Length RFS Status
Prat 3,500 km 2020 Active

About Iquique, Chile

Iquique, Chile is a submarine cable landing point in Chile (coordinates -20.2167°, -70.1422°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Chile's international connectivity infrastructure.

Iquique is a port city and commune in northern Chile, capital of both the Iquique Province and Tarapacá Region. It lies on the Pacific coast, west of the Pampa del Tamarugal, which is part of the Atacama Desert. Its name comes from the Aymara Language: "Iki Iki," meaning "land of dreams." It has a population of 191,468 according to the 2017 census. It is also the main commune of Greater Iquique. The city developed during the heyday of the saltpetre mining in the Atacama Desert in the 19th century. Once a Peruvian city with a large Chilean population, it was conquered by Chile in the War of the Pacific (1879–1883). Today it is one of only two free ports of Chile, the other one being Punta Arenas, in the country's far south. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

CableRFSLengthOwners
Prat20203,500 kmGrupo Gtd

Connectivity profile

From Iquique, Chile, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Chile. 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 Iquique, Chile 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

  • Prat (2020) — Prat is a domestic submarine cable network within Chile, connecting 12 coastal and island locations including Antofagasta, Arica, Caldera, Cartagena, Constitución, and 7 more. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →

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

Other Landing Points in Chile

Landing Point

  • CountryCL Chile
  • Coordinates20.2167°S 70.1422°W
  • Connected Cables1

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