Matthew Town, Bahamas

Matthew Town, Bahamas is a submarine cable landing point in Bahamas (coordinates 20.9505°, -73.6831°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Bahamas's international connectivity infrastructure.

Matthew Town is the chief and only settlement on Great Inagua Island in the far south of the Bahamas. It is located on the southwest corner of the island. It was named after Bahamian Governor George Buckley-Mathew (1844–1849) and first settled during his tenure in office. It has several buildings dating to the 19th century including the 1870 Great Inagua Lighthouse. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Matthew Town, Bahamas, international traffic can reach 2 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Bahamas, Haiti. 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 Matthew Town, 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

• Bahamas Domestic Submarine Network (BDSNi) (2006) — Bahamas Domestic Submarine Network (BDSNi) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Bahamas and Haiti. Landing at Cat Island, Clarence Town, Cockburn Town, Duncan Town, Fresh Creek, and 10 more, 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.