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