Punta Arenas, Chile

Punta Arenas, Chile is a submarine cable landing point in Chile (coordinates -53.1667°, -70.9333°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Chile's international connectivity infrastructure.

Punta Arenas is the capital city of Chile's southernmost region, Magallanes and Antarctica Chilena. Although the city officially was renamed Magallanes in 1927, its name was changed back to Punta Arenas in 1938. The city is the largest south of the 46th parallel south and the most populous southernmost city in Chile and the Americas. Due to its location, it is also the coldest coastal city with more than 100,000 inhabitants in Latin America. Punta Arenas is one of the world's most southerly ports and serves as an Antarctic gateway city. Punta Arenas is the world's southernmost city with more than 100,000 inhabitants and claims the title of southernmost city in the world, although that title is also claimed by Ushuaia in Argentina, which lies farther south but is slightly smaller than Punta Arenas. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Punta Arenas, 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 Punta Arenas, 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

• Fibra Optica Austral (2020) — Fibra Optica Austral is a domestic submarine cable network within Chile, connecting 4 coastal and island locations including Puerto Montt, Puerto Williams, Punta Arenas, Tortel. 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.