Port Antonio, Jamaica

Port Antonio, Jamaica is a submarine cable landing point in Jamaica (coordinates 18.1763°, -76.4461°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Jamaica's international connectivity infrastructure.

Port Antonio is the capital of the parish of Portland on the northeastern coast of Jamaica, about 100 km from Kingston. It had a population of 12,285 in 1982 and 13,246 in 1991. It is the island's third largest port, famous as a shipping point for bananas and coconuts, as well as one of its most important tourist attractions, tourism being a major contributor to the town's economy. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Port Antonio, Jamaica, international traffic can reach 2 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Cayman Islands, Jamaica. 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 Port Antonio, Jamaica 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

• Cayman-Jamaica Fiber System (CJFS) (1997) — Cayman-Jamaica Fiber System (CJFS) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Jamaica and Cayman Islands. Landing at Bull Bay, Cayman Brac, Half Moon Bay, Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, and 1 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.