Gaillard Cut
The Culebra Cut, formerly called Gaillard Cut, is an artificial valley that cuts through the Continental Divide in Panama. The cut forms part of the Panama Canal, linking Gatun Lake, and thereby the Atlantic Ocean, to the Gulf of Panama and hence the Pacific Ocean.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Section of a canal
- Description: Valley that is part of the Panama Canal
- Also known as: “Culebra Cut” and “Snake Cut”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Soberanía National Park and Parque Municipal Summit.
Soberanía National Park
Photo: Katja Schulz, CC BY 2.0.
Soberanía National Park is a protected area of tropical forest in the provinces of Panama City and Colón in Panama.
Parque Municipal Summit
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Parque Municipal Summit is a botanical garden with a facility for rescue and wildlife rehabilitation of exotic and native wildlife in central Panama.
Centennial Bridge
Bridge
Panama's Centennial Bridge is a major bridge crossing the Panama Canal. It was built to supplement the overcrowded Bridge of the Americas and to replace it as the carrier of the Pan-American Highway. Centennial Bridge is situated 3½ km southeast of Gaillard Cut.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paraíso and Gamboa.
Paraíso
Hamlet
Paraíso is a town in the Republic of Panama, located just north of the Panama Canal's Pedro Miguel Locks. It was a vibrant township of the old Canal Zone, though it was segregated for most of its history. Paraíso is situated 4½ km southeast of Gaillard Cut.
Gamboa
Photo: Nicoberto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gamboa is a town in the Colón province of Panama, known for its proximity to the Panama Canal and its surrounding tropical rainforest. It was built to house canal workers and is now a tourist destination focused on ecotourism and nature-based activities.
Gaillard Cut
- Categories: cut and body of water
- Location: Panamá Province, Panama, Central America, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Gaillard Cut” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Culebra Cut”
- Chinese: “库莱布拉峡谷”
- Chinese: “库莱布拉水道”
- Chinese: “库雷布拉路堑”
- Chinese: “庫萊布拉水道”
- Chinese: “盖拉德水道”
- Chinese: “盖拉德沟”
- Chinese: “蓋拉德溝”
- Dutch: “Culebra-kloof”
- Dutch: “Gaillard Cut”
- Esperanto: “Kulebra Tranĉo”
- French: “Coupe Gaillard”
- German: “Culebra Cut”
- Hungarian: “Culebra-átvágás”
- Indonesian: “Galian Culebra”
- Italian: “Stretto di Culebra”
- Malayalam: “കുലെബ്ര ഛേദം”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gaillard Cut”
- Norwegian: “Gaillard Cut”
- Russian: “Кулебрская выемка”
- Slovenian: “Culebra Cut”
- Spanish: “Corte Culebra”
- Swedish: “Gaillard Cut”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Summit Park and Pedro Miguel.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Parque Nacional Summit and La Pita Point.
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