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Bookmark or Share- A Hundred Years Old Today, the Panama Canal Is About to Get a Lot BiggerA crowd of onlookers watches as the seagoing tug the Gatun makes the first trial run through the Gatún Locks, on September 26, 1913.
- Gatún Lake (Lago Gatún), Panama City | Tickets & Tours - 2024 - Viator1,717 reviews. The tree-lined shores, tiny islets, and blue-green waters of Gatún Lake (Lago Gatún) cover what was once the fertile Chagres River Valley. When it was created in 1913, Gatún Lake was the largest man-made lake, buttressed by the biggest dam, in the world.
- Gatun Lake - WikipediaGatun Lake (Spanish: Lago Gatún) is a freshwater artificial lake to the south of Colón, Panama. At approximately 26 m (85 ft) above sea level, it forms a major part of the Panama Canal , carrying ships 33 km (21 mi) of their transit across the Isthmus of Panama .
- Gatun Lake | Panama, Map, Depth, & Elevation | BritannicaGatun Lake, long artificial lake in Panama, constituting part of the Panama Canal system; its area is 166 square miles (430 square km). It was formed by damming the Chagres River and its smaller affluents at Gatun at the north end of the lake. Its dam (completed 1912) and spillway, a key structure.
- 12 Hours in Panama: Gatun Locks, Gatun Lake and the Emberá tribeGatun Lake is the heart of the Panama Canal. Almost half of the passage from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean is through the 23 miles of Gatun Lake. It is the one of the largest man-made lakes in the world and harbours some of the most bio-diverse areas on the planet.
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