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Iquique, Chile

Landing Point · CL Chile

1 Connected Cables 20.2167°S 70.1422°W Chile
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Connected Cables
CL
Country
20.22°
Latitude
70.14°
Longitude
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Connected Cables

Cable Length RFS Status
Prat 3,500 km 2020 Active

📡 Live Performance

10
measurements
6
probes
22
days monitored
285.7
ms avg RTT
0
anomalies

RTT measurements to this landing point from 2026-04-20 through 2026-05-12 — live ICMP round-trip time via RIPE Atlas probes. Recomputed daily. ✓ No anomalies detected in the monitored period.

Measurement sources

Probe Location Samples Avg Min–Max Last seen
#1014473 own probe Minsk BY 2 269.7 ms 250.8–288.7 2026-05-12
#1014589 own probe Almaty KZ 2 323.0 ms 318.1–328.0 2026-05-12
#1014597 own probe Tbilisi GE 2 293.1 ms 287.9–298.3 2026-05-12
#1014969 own probe Jerusalem IL 2 261.9 ms 256.9–267.0 2026-05-12
#1015313 own probe Sevastopol UA 1 300.8 ms 300.8–300.8 2026-04-20
#1015523 own probe Moscow RU 1 260.5 ms 260.5–260.5 2026-05-12

About Iquique, Chile

Iquique, Chile is a submarine cable landing point in Chile (coordinates -20.2167°, -70.1422°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Chile's international connectivity infrastructure.

Iquique is a port city and commune in northern Chile, capital of both the Iquique Province and Tarapacá Region. It lies on the Pacific coast, west of the Pampa del Tamarugal, which is part of the Atacama Desert. Its name comes from the Aymara Language: "Iki Iki," meaning "land of dreams." It has a population of 191,468 according to the 2017 census. It is also the main commune of Greater Iquique. The city developed during the heyday of the saltpetre mining in the Atacama Desert in the 19th century. Once a Peruvian city with a large Chilean population, it was conquered by Chile in the War of the Pacific (1879–1883). Today it is one of only two free ports of Chile, the other one being Punta Arenas, in the country's far south. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

CableRFSLengthOwners
Prat20203,500 kmGrupo Gtd

Connectivity profile

From Iquique, Chile, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Chile. 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 Iquique, Chile 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

  • Prat (2020) — Prat is a domestic submarine cable network within Chile, connecting 12 coastal and island locations including Antofagasta, Arica, Caldera, Cartagena, Constitución, and 7 more. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →

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

Other Landing Points in Chile

Landing Point

  • CountryCL Chile
  • Coordinates20.2167°S 70.1422°W
  • Connected Cables1

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