Willemstad, Curaçao

Willemstad, Curaçao is a submarine cable landing point in Curaçao (coordinates 12.0953°, -68.8966°). It serves 6 submarine cable systems, making it a significant node in Curaçao's international connectivity infrastructure.

Willemstad is the capital and largest city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was the capital of the Netherlands Antilles prior to that entity's dissolution in 2010. The city counts to have around 90% of Curaçao's population, with 136,660 inhabitants as of 2011. The historic centre of the city consists of four quarters: the Punda and Otrobanda, which are separated by the Sint Anna Bay, an inlet that leads into the large natural harbour called the Schottegat, as well as the Scharloo and Pietermaai Smal quarters, which are across from each other on the smaller Waaigat harbour. Willemstad is home to the Curaçao synagogue, the oldest surviving synagogue in the Americas. The city centre, with its unique architecture and harbour entry, has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Willemstad, Curaçao

Cables landing at Willemstad, Curaçao are operated by 24 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including APUA, AT&T, Alestra, Antelecom, Bahamas Telecommunications Company, Belize Telemedia, CANTV, Claro Dominicana (Codetel), Enitel, Hondutel, and 14 others. 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 Willemstad, Curaçao, international traffic can reach 19 countries through 6 cable systems. Destinations include Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala and 11 more. With multiple redundant paths, traffic at this landing point can reroute through alternative cables if any single system experiences an outage.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Willemstad, Curaçao 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

• CELIA (2027) — CELIA is a regional submarine cable serving 6 countries: Aruba, United States, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Martinique, Antigua and Barbuda, and 1 others. With landing points at Baby Beach, Boca Raton, Kralendijk, Le Lamentin, Morris Bay, and 2 more, it strengthens regional internet resilience and provides route diversity — crucial when nearby cables experience faults. Read more →
• EC Link (2007) — EC Link is a 1,100 km repeatered submarine cable connecting Chaguaramas (Trinidad and Tobago), Willemstad (Curaçao), and North Salina (Bonaire) in the southern Caribbean. Owned by Liberty Latin America through C&W Networks, it is one of the older Caribbean submarine systems still in active service since 2007. Read more →
• Jerry Newton (2007) — Jerry Newton is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Sint Eustatius and Saba and Curaçao. Landing at North Salina, Willemstad, 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 →
• ARCOS (2001) — ARCOS is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 14 countries across Central America, South America, North America. With 24 landing points — including Belize City, Bluefields, Cancún, Cartagena, Cat Island, and 19 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• Alonso de Ojeda (1999) — Alonso de Ojeda is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Aruba and Curaçao. Landing at Baby Beach, Willemstad, 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 →
• Amerigo Vespucci (1999) — Amerigo Vespucci is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Netherlands and Curaçao. Landing at Kralendijk, Willemstad, 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.