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Culebra Reach

The Culebra Cut, formerly called Gaillard Cut, is an artificial valley that cuts through the Continental Divide in . The cut forms part of the , linking , and thereby the Atlantic Ocean, to the and hence the Pacific Ocean.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: Valley that is part of the Panama Canal
  • Also known as: “Culebra Cut”, “Gaillard Cut”, and “Snake Cut”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Soberanía National Park and Parque Municipal Summit.

Photo: Katja Schulz, CC BY 2.0.
is a protected area of tropical forest in the provinces of and in .

Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a botanical garden with a facility for rescue and wildlife rehabilitation of exotic and native wildlife in central .

Bridge
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's is a major bridge crossing the . It was built to supplement the overcrowded and to replace it as the carrier of the Pan-American Highway. is situated 3½ km southeast of Culebra Reach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Paraíso and Gamboa.

Hamlet
is a town in the Republic of , 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. is situated 4 km southeast of Culebra Reach.

Photo: Cz ferenc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town located in the Colón province of Panama, known for its proximity to the Panama Canal and its surrounding tropical rainforest. It was originally built to house canal workers and is now a tourist destination focused on ecotourism and nature-based activities.

Town
is a corregimiento in , , with a population of 39,102 as of 2010. It was created by Law 42 of April 30, 2003. is situated 10 km south of Culebra Reach.

Culebra Reach

Latitude
9.0543° or 9° 3′ 16″ north
Longitude
-79.65601° or 79° 39′ 22″ west
Open location code
67X2383V+PH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8158388093
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q2356112
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Culebra Reach” 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”
  • Slovenian: “Culebra Cut”
  • Spanish: “Corte Culebra”
  • Swedish: “Gaillard Cut”

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Highlights include Senafront Summit and Entrada Parque Summit.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Culebra Reach”. Photo: Phil13, CC BY 3.0.