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Submarine cables in French Guiana

2 submarine cable landing points in French Guiana. View coordinates, connected cables, and detailed location info.

French Guiana has two submarine cable landing points, located in Cayenne and Kourou. These landing points connect the country to three submarine cables currently in service. The longest is the EllaLink cable, which became ready for service in 2021 and spans 6,200 kilometers, linking French Guiana to Brazil, Cape Verde, Mauritania, Morocco, Portugal, and Spain. The newest cable is Deep Blue One, operational since 2024, with a length of 2,250 kilometers and connections to Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. The Kanawa cable, in service since 2019, runs 1,746 kilometers and connects to Martinique.

The main internet service providers in French Guiana by user base are Outremer Telecom SAS, Orange, Canal + Telecom SAS, DIGICEL ANTILLES FRANCAISES GUYANE SA, and Starlink. The country’s connectivity is classified as vulnerable, meaning it depends on one or two cables. No outages have been recorded by GeoCables in the past 90 days.

Submarine cable resilience index: 40/100 - vulnerable →

Submarine cables: French Guiana (3)

Every cable that lands in this country, with live latency on its page.

Deep Blue One (2 250 km, since 2024) EllaLink (6 200 km, since 2021) Kanawa (1 746 km, since 2019)

Vital cables for French Guiana

Cables landing here whose break would hurt this country most, by our cable graph.

No single cable break would cut this country off: alternatives exist for every cable.

Landing Points (2)

Name Latitude Longitude Connected Cables

Connectivity status

Internet status by provider and the resilience of the country's cable connectivity.

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Submarine cables in French Guiana: questions and answers

How many submarine cables land in French Guiana?

French Guiana has 3 submarine cables and 2 landing points in the GeoCables database. The ones with the most landing points here are Deep Blue One, EllaLink, Kanawa.

What are the oldest and newest cables in French Guiana?

The oldest cable in service is Kanawa (2019), the newest is Deep Blue One (2024).

What happens if a submarine cable to French Guiana breaks?

By our cable graph no single break cuts French Guiana off. The largest effect comes from EllaLink: up to plus 36.0 ms towards Nigeria. We count paths and milliseconds, not capacity.

Is the internet working in French Guiana right now?

At the last check (2026-11-04 10:08 UTC) the internet in French Guiana was working normally. Providers and history

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