Panama Canal

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artificial waterway canal

The Panama Canal is a man-made waterway in Panama that dramatically shortens maritime travel by allowing ships to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Central America.

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All labels observed (27)

Label Occurrences
Panama Canal canonical 78
Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal 7
Atlantic entrance of the Panama Canal 5

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artificial waterway ⓘ
canal ⓘ
administeredBy Panama Canal Authority ⓘ
annualTraffic thousands of ships per year ⓘ
avoidsRoute Cape Horn Archipelago ⓘ
surface form: Cape Horn

Strait of Magellan ⓘ
connects Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Gulf of Panama ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
constructionChallenges landslides ⓘ
tropical diseases ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1904 ⓘ
country Panama ⓘ
crosses Isthmus of Panama ⓘ
designedFor shortening maritime routes between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans ⓘ
endPoint Panama City ⓘ
expansionAdded third set of locks ⓘ
expansionCompletionDate 2016-06-26 ⓘ
governedByTreaty Torrijos–Carter Treaties ⓘ
hasEconomicImpactOn Panama’s national economy ⓘ
global shipping costs ⓘ
hasExpansion Panama Canal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Panama Canal expansion project
hasLockSystem Panama Canal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gatun Locks

Miraflores Locks ⓘ
Pedro Miguel Locks ⓘ
hasWaterBody Gatun Lake ⓘ
initialFrenchConstructionStartDate 1881 ⓘ
length about 51 miles ⓘ
about 82 km ⓘ
locatedIn Central America ⓘ
maximumShipClass Panamax ⓘ
maximumShipClassAfterExpansion Neopanamax ⓘ
notableEngineer George Washington Goethals ⓘ
John Frank Stevens ⓘ
openedBy United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
openingDate 1914-08-15 ⓘ
originallyInitiatedBy France ⓘ
ownershipTransferredTo Panama ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Panama
passesThrough Panama Canal Zone (historical) ⓘ
previousAdministrator United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
significantlyShortensRouteBetween New York City and San Francisco ⓘ
startPoint Colón ⓘ
strategicImportance major international maritime trade route ⓘ
timeZone UTC−05:00 ⓘ
transferDate 1999-12-31 ⓘ
uses lock-type canal system ⓘ
usesWaterSource Gatun Lake watershed ⓘ

Referenced by (118)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pacific Ocean → connectedVia → Panama Canal ⓘ
Panama → contains → Panama Canal ⓘ
Isthmus of Panama → traversedBy → Panama Canal ⓘ
National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark → notableExample → Panama Canal ⓘ
Central America → hasMajorWaterway → Panama Canal ⓘ
Panama Canal → hasLockSystem → Panama Canal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gatun Locks
Panama Canal → hasExpansion → Panama Canal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panama Canal expansion project
Northwest Passage → competesWith → Panama Canal ⓘ
Cape Horn sea route → replacedBy → Panama Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panama Canal route
Cape Horn sea route → bypassedBy → Panama Canal ⓘ
Port of Balboa → locatedAt → Panama Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal
Port of Balboa → partOf → Panama Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panama Canal port system
Port of Balboa → hasAccessTo → Panama Canal ⓘ
Colón → near → Panama Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlantic entrance of the Panama Canal
Panama City → near → Panama Canal ⓘ
Port of Colón → partOf → Panama Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panama Canal port system
Port of Colón → waterwayConnection → Panama Canal ⓘ
Pedro Miguel Locks → partOf → Panama Canal ⓘ
Pedro Miguel Locks → locatedNear → Panama Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal
Pedro Miguel Locks → waterwayServed → Panama Canal ⓘ
Panama Canal Authority → operates → Panama Canal ⓘ
Panama Canal Authority → manages → Panama Canal ⓘ
Panama Canal Authority → maintains → Panama Canal ⓘ
Torrijos–Carter Treaties → appliesToJurisdiction → Panama Canal ⓘ
Neopanamax → operatesOn → Panama Canal ⓘ
Panama Canal Zone (historical) → contains → Panama Canal ⓘ
subject surface form: Panama Canal Zone
Panama Canal Zone (historical) → hasPart → Panama Canal ⓘ
subject surface form: Panama Canal Zone
this entity surface form: Atlantic entrance of the Panama Canal
Panama Canal Zone (historical) → hasPart → Panama Canal ⓘ
subject surface form: Panama Canal Zone
this entity surface form: Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal
Miraflores Locks → locatedIn → Panama Canal ⓘ
Miraflores Locks → partOf → Panama Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panama Canal lock system
Miraflores Locks → waterway → Panama Canal ⓘ
Biomuseo → overlooks → Panama Canal ⓘ
Gatun Lake → partOf → Panama Canal ⓘ
Gatun Lake → partOf → Panama Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panama Canal watershed
John Frank Stevens → notableWork → Panama Canal ⓘ
George Washington Goethals → notableWork → Panama Canal ⓘ
Gulf of Panama → near → Panama Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal
Gulf of Panama → connectedTo → Panama Canal ⓘ
Panamá Province → borders → Panama Canal ⓘ
Balboa Port → locatedNear → Panama Canal ⓘ
Balboa Port → partOf → Panama Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panama Canal port complex
Balboa Port → hasAccessChannel → Panama Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pacific access channel of the Panama Canal
Asia–Caribbean shipping routes → usesMaritimeChokepoint → Panama Canal ⓘ
Balboa district → locatedNear → Panama Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal
Panama Canal railway system → follows → Panama Canal ⓘ
Panama Canal railway system → parallelTo → Panama Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panama Canal shipping route
Colón Province → hasImportantInfrastructure → Panama Canal ⓘ
Colón Province → hasImportantInfrastructure → Panama Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caribbean entrance of the Panama Canal
Amador Causeway → offersViewOf → Panama Canal ⓘ
Amador Causeway → partOf → Panama Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panama Canal area