Gatun Lake

Gatun Lake is a mostly freshwater to the south of . At approximately 26 m above sea level, it forms a major part of the , carrying ships 33 km of their transit across the Isthmus of Panama.
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Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Reservoir
  • Description: artificial lake forming part of Panama Canal
  • Also known as: “Gatun”, “Gatun lake”, “Gatunsee”, “Gatunsjøen”, “Gatunské jezero”, “Gatunsøen”, “Lac Gatun”, “Lago Gatun”, and “Lake Gatun”
Photo: Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gatún and Escobal.

Village
Photo: Cz ferenc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gatun is a small town on the Atlantic Side of the… is situated 8 km north of Gatun Lake.

Village
is a corregimiento in … is situated 9 km southwest of Gatun Lake.

Gatun Lake

Latitude
9.19895° or 9° 11′ 56″ north
Longitude
-79.89502° or 79° 53′ 42″ west
Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)
Open location code
67X254X3+HX
Geo­Names ID
3709289
Wiki­data ID
Q313637
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Gatun Lake” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بحيرة غاتون”
  • Arabic: “غاتون”
  • Belarusian: “Гатун”
  • Catalan: “llac Gatun”
  • Catalan: “Llac Gatún”
  • Chinese: “加通湖”
  • Czech: “Gatúnské jezero”
  • Danish: “Gatúnsøen”
  • Dutch: “Gatúnmeer”
  • Esperanto: “Lago Gatuno”
  • Finnish: “Gatúninjärvi”
  • French: “lac Gatún”
  • French: “Lac Gatún”
  • Georgian: “გატუნი”
  • German: “Gatúnsee”
  • Greek: “Λίμνη Γκατούν”
  • Hebrew: “אגם גאטון”
  • Hindi: “गाटुन झील”
  • Hungarian: “Gatún-tó”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Gatun”
  • Italian: “lago Gatún”
  • Italian: “Lago Gatún”
  • Japanese: “ガトゥン湖”
  • Korean: “가툰호”
  • Latin: “Lacus Gatun”
  • Latvian: “Gatunas ezers”
  • Lithuanian: “Gatuno ežeras”
  • Malayalam: “ഗാത്തൂൺ തടാകം”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gatúnsjøen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gatúnsjøen”
  • Norwegian: “Gatúnsjøen”
  • Polish: “Gatún”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Gatún”
  • Russian: “Гатун”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Gatúnsee”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gatún (jezero)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gatún”
  • Slovak: “Gatunské jazero”
  • Slovenian: “Gatúnsko jezero”
  • Spanish: “Lago Gatún”
  • Swedish: “Gatúnsjön”
  • Thai: “ทะเลสาบกาตุน”
  • Thai: “ทะเลสาบกาตูน”
  • Turkish: “Gatun Gölü”
  • Ukrainian: “Гатун”
  • Vietnamese: “Hồ Gatun”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Peña Blanca and Monte Lirio.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Cayos Guaba and Isla Guaba.

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