Panama Canal
The Panama Canal is an artificial 82-kilometre waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean, cutting across the Isthmus of Panama, and is a conduit for maritime trade.Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Miraflores Visitors Center
Photo: Youngiovani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Miraflores Visitors Center is a museum.
Miraflores Locks
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Miraflores is the name of one of the three locks that form part of the Panama Canal, and the name of the small lake that separates these locks from the Pedro Miguel Locks upstream.
Balboa Academy
Balboa Academy is an international, coeducational, college-preparatory school that offers a US curriculum education for Pre-kindergarten through the 12th grade.Localities in the Area
City of Knowledge
Photo: Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0.
8°59′56″N 79°34′59″W / 8.999°N 79.583°WThe main building in the former Fort Clayton.Panama's…
Paraíso
Paraíso is a town in the Republic of Panama, located just north of the Panama Canal's Pedro Miguel Locks. Paraíso is situated 5 km northwest of Panama Canal.Balboa
Balboa is separated from Panama City by the Cerro Ancon, one of Panama City's skyline landmarks.Panama Canal
- Type: Navigation canal
- Description: large canal in Panama
- Categories: ship canal and body of water
- Location: Panama, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
8.99797° or 8° 59' 53" northLongitude
-79.59269° or 79° 35' 34" westElevation
7 metres (23 feet)United Nations Location Code
PA PCNOpen Location Code
67W2XCX4+5WGeoNames ID
3703441Wikidata ID
Q7350Panama Canal Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Targa n Panama
- Afrikaans: Panamakanaal
- Albanian: Kanali i Panamasë
- Amharic: ፓናማ ቦይ
- Arabic: Kanal han Panama
- Arabic: قناة باناما
- Arabic: قناة بنما
- Arabic: قناه بنما
- Aragonese: Canal de Panamá
- Armenian: Պանամայի ջրանցք
- Assamese: পানামা খাল
- Asturian: Canal de Panamá
- Awadhi: पनामा नहर
- Azerbaijani: Panama kanalı
- Bashkir: Панама каналы
- Basque: Panamako kanala
- Bavarian: Panamakanal
- Belarusian: Панамскі канал
- Bengali: পানামা খাল
- Bhojpuri: पनामा
- Bhojpuri: पनामा नहर
- Bhojpuri: पैनामा नहर
- Bosnian: Panamski kanal
- Brahui: Pánámá Kaenál
- Breton: Kanol Panamá
- Bulgarian: Панамски канал
- Burmese: ပနားမား တူးမြောင်း
- Catalan: Canal de Panamà
- Catalan: canal de Panamà
- Cebuano: Panama Canal (kanal nga nabigasyon)
- Cebuano: Panama Canal
- Central Bikol: Kanal nin Panama
- Central Kurdish: نۆکەندی پەنەما
- Chechen: Панаман татол
- Chechen: Панамера татол
- Chinese: Panama Ūn-hô
- Chinese: 巴拿馬運河
- Chinese: 巴拿马运河
- Chuvash: Панама каналĕ
- Cornish: Goeth Panama
- Corsican: Canali di Panama
- Croatian: Panamski kanal
- Czech: Panamský průplav
- Danish: Panamakanalen
- Dhivehi: ޕެނަމާ ކެނަލް
- Dutch: Panamakanaal
- Eastern Mari: Панама канал
- Eastern Mari: Панаме канал
- Egyptian Arabic: قناة باناما
- Erzya: Панамань венчсуза
- Esperanto: Panama kanalo
- Estonian: Panama kanal
- Faroese: Panamaveitin
- Fiji Hindi: Panama Canal
- Finnish: Panaman kanava
- French: Canal de Panama
- French: canal de Panama
- Galician: Canle de Panamá
- Gan Chinese: 巴拿馬運河
- Georgian: პანამის არხი
- German: Panamakanal
- Greek: Διώρυγα Παναμά
- Greek: Διώρυγα του Παναμά
- Guarani: Yrape Panama
- Haitian: Kanal Panama
- Hakka Chinese: Pâ-nâ-mâ Yun-hò
- Hausa: Panama Yun-hò
- Hebrew: תעלת פנמה
- Hindi: पनामा नहर
- Hungarian: Panama-csatorna
- Icelandic: Panamaskurðurinn
- Ido: Panama-kanalo
- Iloko: Kanal Panama
- Indonesian: Terusan Panama
- Interlingua: Canal de Panama
- Irish: Canáil Phanama
- Italian: canale di Panama
- Jamaican Creole English: Panamaa Kianal
- Japanese: パナマ運河
- Javanese: Sidhatan Panama
- Javanese: Terusan Panama
- Kabiyè: Panama Hɛŋa
- Kabyle: Targa n Panama
- Kannada: ಪನಾಮ ಕಾಲುವೆ
- Karachay-Balkar: Панама илипин
- Kazakh: Панама каналы
- Khmer: ព្រែកជីកប៉ាណាម៉ា
- Kirghiz: Панама каналы
- Korean: 파나마 운하
- Kurdish: Kanala Panamayê
- Lao: Kanal Panama
- Latin: Canalis Panamensis
- Latvian: Panamas kanāls
- Ligurian: Canâle do Panamá
- Limburgan: Panamaknaal
- Literary Chinese: 巴拿馬運河
- Lithuanian: Panamos kanalas
- Lombard: Canal de Panama
- Low German: Panamakanal
- Luxembourgish: Panamakanal
- Macedonian: Панамски канал
- Malagasy: Lakandranon'i Panama
- Malagasy: Lakandranon' i Panama
- Malay: Terusan Panama
- Malayalam: പനാമ കനാൽ
- Marathi: पनामा कालवा
- Min Dong Chinese: Panama Ông-ò̤
- Min Nan Chinese: Panama Ūn-hô
- Minangkabau: Tarusan Panama
- Mongolian: Панамын суваг
- Moroccan Arabic: قناة پاناما
- Nepali: पनामा नहर
- Nepali: पानामा नहर
- Newari: पनामा नहर
- Northern Frisian: Panamakanaal
- Norwegian: Panamakanalen
- Norwegian Bokmål: Panamakanalen
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Panamakanalen
- Occitan (post 1500): Canal de Panamà
- Panjabi: ਪਨਾਮਾ ਨਹਿਰ
- Persian: آبراه پاناما
- Persian: کانال پاناما
- Piemontese: Canal ëd Panamà
- Polish: Kanał Panamski
- Portuguese: Canal do Panamá
- Romanian: Canalul Panama
- Russia Buriat: Панамын һубаг
- Russian: Панамский канал
- Rusyn: Панамскый канал
- Samogitian: Panamas kanals
- Saterfriesisch: Panamakanoal
- Serbian: Панамски канал
- Serbo-Croatian: Panamski kanal
- Sicilian: Canali di Panamà
- Sicilian: Canali di Panamá
- Sinhala: panama ala
- Slovak: Panamský prieplav
- Slovenian: Panamski kanal
- Slovenian: Panamski prekop
- Somali: Kanaalka Banama
- South Azerbaijani: پاناما کانالی
- Spanish: Canal de Panama
- Spanish: Canal de Panamá
- Swahili: Mfereji wa Panama
- Swedish: Panamakanalen
- Swiss German: Panama-Kanaal
- Tagalog: Agusan ng Panama
- Tagalog: Kanal Panama
- Tagalog: Panama Canal
- Tamil: பனாமா கால்வாய்
- Tatar: Panama kanalı
- Telugu: పనామా కాలువ
- Thai: คลองปานามา
- Tosk Albanian: Panamakanal
- Turkish: Panama Kanalı
- Turkmen: Panama kanaly
- Ukrainian: Панамський канал
- Urdu: نہر پاناما
- Uzbek: Panama kanali
- Venetian: Canal de Pànama
- Venetian: Canałe de Pànama
- Veps: Panaman kanal
- Vietnamese: Kênh đào Panama
- Waray (Philippines): Kanal han Panama
- Welsh: Camlas Panama
- Western Frisian: Panamakanaal
- Western Panjabi: نہر پانامہ
- Western Panjabi: پاناما نہر
- Wu Chinese: 巴拿马运河
- Yakut: Панаама ханаала
- Yiddish: פאנאמא קאנאל
- Yoruba: Ìladò Panamá
- Yue Chinese: 巴拿馬運河
- Zeeuws: Panamakanaol
- Canale de Panama
- Canale di Panama
- Isthmian Canal
- Kanalo di Panama
- Панамски Канал
Other Places Named Panama Canal
Localities in the Area
- MirafloresLocality
- CocolíLocality
- CárdenasLocality
- CorozalLocality, 2½ km southeast
Landmarks in the Area
- Panama Railroad PondInlet
- Cerro CocolíHill
- Puente MirafloresBridge
- Miraflores LakeLake
- Cerro AguadulceHill
Popular Destinations in Panama
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Panama Canal. Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0.