Main shipping routes

Container terminals

Locks

Dams

Atlantic Ocean

Lake Alajuela

Provides additional

water storage for

the canal

Panama

Gatún

Madden

Panama canal

Lake Gatún

A major part of the

Panama canal, the

artificial lake formed

behind the Gatún dam

Panama

City

Pacific Ocean

10 km

10 miles

Main shipping routes

Container terminals

Locks

Dams

Atlantic Ocean

Lake Alajuela

Provides additional water

storage for the canal

Gatún

Madden

Panama

Panama canal

Lake Gatún

A major part of the Panama

canal, the artificial lake formed

behind the Gatún dam

Panama

City

Pacific Ocean

10 km

10 miles

Main shipping routes

Container terminals

Locks

Dams

Panama

Atlantic Ocean

Colón

Lake Alajuela

Provides additional water

storage for the canal

Cristóbal

Gatún

Agua Clara

Madden

Panama canal

Pedro Miguel

Lake Gatún

A major part of the Panama

canal, the artificial lake formed

behind the Gatún dam

Miraflores

Cocoli

Panama City

Panama

Rodman

Balboa

Pacific Ocean

10 km

10 miles

Main shipping routes

Container terminals

Locks

Dams

Atlantic Ocean

Colón

Cristóbal

Gatún

Agua Clara

Madden

Lake Gatún

A major part of the Panama

canal, the artificial lake formed

behind the Gatún dam

Lake Alajuela

Provides additional water

storage for the canal

Panama canal

Pedro Miguel

Miraflores

Cocoli

Panama City

Panama

Panama

Rodman

Balboa

Pacific Ocean

10 km

10 miles