Tortel, Chile

Tortel, Chile is a submarine cable landing point in Chile (coordinates -47.8012°, -73.5369°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Chile's international connectivity infrastructure.

Tortel is a Chilean commune located at the outflow of the Baker River and Pascua River to the Pacific Ocean. It lies between the Northern and Southern Patagonian Ice Field in the Capitán Prat Province in the Aysén Region. The commune is administered by the municipality in Caleta Tortel, the principal settlement. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Tortel, 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 Tortel, 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.