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Where is Panama Canal?

Panama Canal is in Panama, North America.

Panama Canal is the dot in Panama (gold); Panama’s neighbours are lighter.
Type
Site in Panama
Continent
North America
Region
Central America
Panama’s land borders
2: Colombia, Costa Rica
Coordinates
9.08° N, 79.68° W

About Panama Canal

Gatún Lake, created by damming the Chagres River, supplies the water that fills the locks. Ferdinand de Lesseps's company collapsed in 1889 after some 20,000 deaths. The 2016 expansion added a third lane for larger neo-Panamax ships.

Clues from Atlas Daily

Round 3 on 9 September 2026 (#8), hardest clue first:

  1. A waterway where ships are lifted 26 metres by locks fed from an artificial lake.
  2. A French company began digging it in 1881 and gave up after malaria and yellow fever killed thousands.
  3. The United States finished it in 1914 and handed it over on the last day of 1999.
  4. About 14,000 ships a year cross between the Atlantic and the Pacific here.

Round 1 on 16 September 2026 (#15), hardest clue first:

  1. A waterway where ships are lifted 26 metres by locks fed from an artificial lake.
  2. A French company began digging it in 1881 and gave up after malaria and yellow fever killed thousands.
  3. The United States finished it in 1914 and handed it over on the last day of 1999.
  4. About 14,000 ships a year cross between the Atlantic and the Pacific here.

Round 1 on 23 September 2026 (#22), hardest clue first:

  1. A waterway where ships are lifted 26 metres by locks fed from an artificial lake.
  2. A French company began digging it in 1881 and gave up after malaria and yellow fever killed thousands.
  3. The United States finished it in 1914 and handed it over on the last day of 1999.
  4. About 14,000 ships a year cross between the Atlantic and the Pacific here.

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Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Panama Canal · Wikipedia: Panama Canal Authority. Borders, area and map from Natural Earth 1:50m outlines, the same ones the game uses.