Victoria, Seychelles

Victoria, Seychelles is a submarine cable landing point in Seychelles (coordinates -4.6176°, 55.4451°). It serves 2 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Seychelles's international connectivity infrastructure.

Victoria is the capital and largest city of Seychelles, situated on the north-eastern side of Mahé, the archipelago's main island. The city was first established as the seat of the British colonial government. In 2022, the Central region, comprising nine administrative districts within and around the capital, accounted for 30,145 (~30%) of the country's total population of 102,612. The port is known as Port Victoria. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Victoria, Seychelles

Cables landing at Victoria, Seychelles are operated by 2 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Peace Cable International Network Co. Ltd., Seychelles Cable System Ltd.. 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 Victoria, Seychelles, international traffic can reach 13 countries through 2 cable systems. Destinations include Cyprus, Egypt, France, Kenya, Maldives, Malta, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and 5 more.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Victoria, Seychelles 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

• PEACE Cable (2022) — PEACE Cable is a 15,000 km submarine system that entered full service in December 2022, connecting Europe to Asia via Africa. Its acronym stands for "Pakistan and East Africa Connecting Europe" — a literal description of its route. Read more →
• Seychelles to East Africa System (SEAS) (2012) — Seychelles to East Africa System (SEAS) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Tanzania and Seychelles. Landing at Dar Es Salaam, Victoria, 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 →

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