Gatun Dam
The Gatun Dam is an earthen dam across the Chagres River in Panama, near the town of Gatun. The dam, constructed between 1907 and 1913, is a crucial element of the Panama Canal; it impounds the artificial Gatun Lake, which carries ships 33 kilometres of their transit across the Isthmus of Panama.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Panama
- Also known as: “Represa Gatun” and “Represa Gatún”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gatún Northbound Rear Lighthouse and Atlantic Entrance Range Middle Lighthouse.
Gatún Northbound Rear Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Gatún Northbound Rear Lighthouse is situated 1¼ km northeast of Gatun Dam.
Atlantic Entrance Range Middle Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Atlantic Entrance Range Middle Lighthouse is situated 2½ km northeast of Gatun Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gatún and Fort Davis.
Gatún
Village
Photo: Cz ferenc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gatun is a small town on the Atlantic Side of the Panama Canal, located south of the city of Colón at the point in which Gatun Lake meets the channel to the Caribbean Sea.
Fort Davis
Hamlet
Fort William D. Davis is a former U.S. Army fort near Gatun, Panama. It was transferred to Panama in 1995. Fort Davis is situated 4 km northeast of Gatun Dam.
Fort Gulick
Hamlet
Fort Gulick was a United States Army base in the former Panama Canal Zone located on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal near Fort Davis, on Gatun Lake. Fort Gulick is situated 8 km northeast of Gatun Dam.
Gatun Dam
- Category: embankment dam
- Location: Corregimiento Cristóbal, Colón District, Colon, Panama, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Gatun Dam from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Gatun Dam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سد غاتون”
- Catalan: “Presa de Gatún”
- Esperanto: “Gatuna Akvobaraĵo”
- French: “barrage Gatún”
- French: “Barrage Gatún”
- German: “Gatun Staudamm”
- Indonesian: “Bendungan Gatun”
- Italian: “diga di Gatun”
- Japanese: “ガトゥンダム”
- Russian: “Плотина Гатун”
- Slovenian: “Gatunski jez”
- Spanish: “Represa de Gatun”
- Spanish: “Represa de Gatún”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Loma Bracho and Mindi Dairy Farm.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Houstons Landing and Gatún Locks.
Panama: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Panama City, Colon, Coiba National Marine Park, and Darién National Park.
Curious Dams to Discover
Uncover intriguing dams from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gatun Dam”. Photo: Xeas23, CC BY-SA 3.0.