Tortola, Virgin Islands (U.K.)

Tortola, Virgin Islands (U.K.) is a submarine cable landing point in Virgin Islands (U.K.) (coordinates 18.4148°, -64.5972°). It serves 3 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Virgin Islands (U.K.)'s international connectivity infrastructure.

Tortola is the largest and most populated island of the British Virgin Islands, a group of islands that form part of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands. It has a surface area of 55.7 square kilometres with a total population of 23,908, with 9,400 residents in Road Town. Mount Sage is its highest point at 530 metres above sea level. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Tortola, Virgin Islands (U.K.)

Cables landing at Tortola, Virgin Islands (U.K.) are operated by 10 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including AT&T, Claro Dominicana (Codetel), Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T), Liberty Networks, Orange, Setar, Telconet, Telxius, United Telecommunication Services (UTS), Verizon. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Tortola, Virgin Islands (U.K.), international traffic can reach 19 countries through 3 cable systems. Destinations include Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Colombia, Curaçao, Dominica and 11 more.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Tortola, Virgin Islands (U.K.) 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

• Pacific Caribbean Cable System (PCCS) (2015) — Pacific Caribbean Cable System (PCCS) is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 7 countries across South America, North America. With 9 landing points — including Balboa, Cartagena, Hudishibana, Jacksonville, Mahuma, and 4 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• Caribbean-Bermuda U.S. (CBUS) (2009) — Caribbean-Bermuda U.S. (CBUS) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Bermuda and Virgin Islands (U.K.). Landing at St. David’s, Tortola, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• Eastern Caribbean Fiber System (ECFS) (1995) — Eastern Caribbean Fiber System (ECFS) is a regional submarine cable connecting 13 countries — Barbados, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and others — with 13 landing points including Bridgetown, Barbados, Castries, Saint Lucia, Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago, Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts and Nevis and others. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.