Fuerte Davis

Fuerte Davis is a military installation in Corregimiento Cristóbal, Colón District. Fuerte Davis is situated nearby to the village Gatún, as well as near the hamlet Fort Gulick.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Atlantic Bridge and Atlantic Entrance Range Middle Lighthouse.

Atlantic Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Garcia.dennis, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Atlantic Bridge is a road bridge in Colón, Panama spanning the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal. Completed in 2019, it is the third bridge over the canal after the Bridge of the Americas and the Centennial Bridge, both on the Pacific side of the canal. Atlantic Bridge is situated 2 km northwest of Fuerte Davis.

Atlantic Entrance Range Middle Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Aah-Yeah, CC BY 2.0.

Atlantic Entrance Range Middle Lighthouse is situated 1½ km southwest of Fuerte Davis.

Gatún Northbound Rear Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Aah-Yeah, CC BY 2.0.

Gatún Northbound Rear Lighthouse is situated 3 km southwest of Fuerte Davis.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Davis and Gatún.

Fort Davis

Hamlet

Fort William D. Davis is a former U.S. Army fort near Gatun, Panama. The fort was built from 1919 to help garrison the Panama Canal Zone and was first occupied the following year.

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. Gatún is situated 2½ km southwest of Fuerte Davis.

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 4½ km northeast of Fuerte Davis.

Fuerte Davis

Type: Military installation
Also known as: “Fort Davis”, “Fort William D. Davis”, “Fort William Davis”, and “Fuerte William D. Davis”
Location: Corregimiento Cristóbal, Colón District, Colon, Panama, Central America, North America
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Latitude

9.29168° or 9° 17′ 30″ north

Longitude

-79.90768° or 79° 54′ 28″ west

Elevation

13 metres (43 feet)

Open location code

67X273RR+MW

GeoNames ID

3709446

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