Tarrafal de São Nicolau, Cape Verde

Tarrafal de São Nicolau, Cape Verde is a submarine cable landing point in Cape Verde (coordinates 16.5659°, -24.3572°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Cape Verde's international connectivity infrastructure.

Tarrafal de São Nicolau is a city in the western part of the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde. With a population of 3,733, it is the most populous settlement of the island. It is the seat of the Tarrafal de São Nicolau Municipality, and the main port of the island. It is situated on the west coast, 9 km southwest of Ribeira Brava. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Tarrafal de São Nicolau, Cape Verde, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Cape Verde. 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 Tarrafal de São Nicolau, Cape Verde 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

• Cabo Verde Telecom Domestic Submarine Cable Phase 1 (1997) — Cabo Verde Telecom Domestic Submarine Cable Phase 1 is a domestic submarine cable network within Cape Verde, connecting 5 coastal and island locations including Murdeira, Praia, Sal Rei, Sao Pedro, Tarrafal de São Nicolau. 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.