Artificial waterway in Panama connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The canal is about 80 km (50 miles) long and is made up of three sets of locks and two lakes. The maximum dimensions of a vessel navigating the Panama Canal are: length 294.13 m (965 ft), beam 32.31 m (106 ft), draft 12.04 m (39.5 ft).
a ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built by the United States (1904-1914)
A waterway through the Isthmus of Panama, which connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.
A waterway that cuts across the Isthmus of Panama, linking the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
the man-made canal that cuts through Panama, connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea (part of the Atlantic Ocean).
An aspect of American intervention in Latin America; resulted from United States support for a Panamanian independence movement in return for a grant to exclusive rights to a canal across the Panama isthmus; provided short route from Atlantic to Pacific Ocean; completed 1914. (p. 778)
The Panama Canal is a major ship canal that traverses the Isthmus of Panama in Central America, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Construction of the canal was one of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken. It has had an enormous impact on shipping between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, obviating the long and treacherous route via the Drake Passage and Cape Horn at the southernmost tip of South America.