Sitia, Greece

Sitia, Greece is a submarine cable landing point in Greece (coordinates 35.2070°, 26.1072°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Greece's international connectivity infrastructure.

Sitia or Siteia is a port town and a municipality in Lasithi, Crete, Greece. The town has 11,166 inhabitants and the municipality has 20,438 (2021). It lies east of Agios Nikolaos and northeast of Ierapetra. Sitia's port is on the Sea of Crete, part of the Aegean Sea and is one of the economic centers of the Lasithi region. European route E75 starts in Sitia. The town is served by the Sitia Public Airport. It has not experienced the effects of mass tourism even though there is a long beach along the road leading to Vai and several places of historical interest. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Sitia, Greece, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Greece. 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 Sitia, Greece 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

• Thetis (2022) — Thetis is a domestic submarine cable network within Greece, connecting 20 coastal and island locations including Aethos, Agios Sostis, Baxedes, Ermoupoli, Filizi, and 15 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.