Velas, Portugal

Velas, Portugal is a submarine cable landing point in Portugal (coordinates 38.6838°, -28.2132°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Portugal's international connectivity infrastructure.

Velas is a municipality in the São Jorge Island, in the Portuguese autonomous region of Azores. The municipality encompasses the western portion of the island, with its municipal seat in the town of Velas on the south coast, and is divided into six parishes. The population in 2011 was 5,398, in an area of 117.38 km². Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Velas, Portugal, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Portugal. 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 Velas, Portugal 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

• Azores Fiber Optic System (AFOS) (1998) — Azores Fiber Optic System (AFOS) is a domestic submarine cable system within Portugal, linking 7 landing points including Angra do Heroismo, Portugal, Faial, Portugal, Graciosa, Portugal, Ponta Delgada, Portugal and others. It strengthens domestic network resilience in Portugal by providing submarine connectivity between coastal and island communities. Read more →

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