2. The Panama Canal
Atlantic Ocean
Cristobal
Colon
Gatun Dam
"
Gatun Locks
!?
Facility
?
! Lock
Lake Gatun " Dam
W Continental Devide
Port
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Venezuela
Panama
Gaillard Cut
W
Colombia Pedro Miguel Locks Panama Canal
!?
Panama Canal Railway
Miraflores Locks
!?
Ecuador Balboa
Panama City
Pacific Ocean
±
0 5 10 20 30 40
Kilometers
Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Dept. of Economics & Geography, Hofstra University, April 2006

3. Panama Canal: Gatun Locks