Portoferraio, Italy

Portoferraio, Italy is a submarine cable landing point in Italy (coordinates 42.8121°, 10.3164°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Italy's international connectivity infrastructure.

Portoferraio is a town and comune in the province of Livorno, on the edge of the eponymous harbour of the island of Elba, Tuscany. It is the island's largest town. Because of its terrain, many of its buildings are situated on the slopes of a tiny hill bordered on three sides by the sea. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Portoferraio, Italy, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Italy. 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 Portoferraio, Italy 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

• Piano Isole Minori (2024) — Piano Isole Minori is a domestic submarine cable network within Italy, connecting 31 coastal and island locations including Alicudi Porto, Cala d'Oliva, Canneto, Capraia Isola, Carloforte, and 26 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.