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    THE PANAMA CANAL: CROSSING MOUNTAINS

    Oct 05, 2023 2 minutes

    1 ATLANTIC OCEAN

    At one entrance to the Panama Canal is Cristóbal Port, which has 3,700 metres of berthing space.

    2 GATUN LOCKS

    These locks take up 1.8 miles of the canal and consist of three large chambers, each big enough to house the Titanic.

    3 GATUN LAKE

    This 89-square-mile body of

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