List of interoceanic canals

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Template:SHORTDESC: The following is a list of interoceanic canals, that is, canals or canal proposals, which form waterways for traffic to connect one ocean to another.

List

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Canal Place Location Map Status Oceans Notes
Canal of the Pharaohs Egypt Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:C+B-Goshen-MapOfVicinity.PNG
  • Used in the Late Period to early Islamic period
  • In ruins
  • Atlantic Ocean (Mediterranean Sea)
  • Indian Ocean (Red Sea)
 This ancient canal once connected the Suez Rift Valley to the Nile River.

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Suez Canal Isthmus of Suez Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:SuezCanal-EO.JPG
  • Completed 1869
  • In-operation
  • Atlantic Ocean (Mediterranean Sea)
  • Indian Ocean (Red Sea)
 The level (lock-less) canal follows the Suez Rift Valley, from the Gulf of Suez to the Mediterranean

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Palestine Canal Israel Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Proposed
  • Atlantic Ocean (Mediterranean Sea)
  • Indian Ocean (Red Sea)
 From the Gulf of Aqaba to the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean, the modern version would expand two proposed water conveyance canals (Red Sea to Dead Sea, and, Mediterranean Sea to Dead Sea) into ship canals. Various proposals have existed since the construction of the Suez Canal.

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Panama Canal Isthmus of Panama Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Diagramme du canal de Panamá.png
  • Completed 1914
  • In-operation
  • Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean Sea)
  • Pacific Ocean
 This lock-encumbered canal takes advantage of the Chagres River, used to create Gatun Lake, over the western side of the continental divide

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Nicaragua Canal Central America Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Nicaragua canal proposals 2013.png Proposed
  • Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean Sea)
  • Pacific Ocean
 Proposals use Lake Nicaragua to shorten the built canal distance

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Honduras Canal Central America Proposed
  • Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean Sea)
  • Pacific Ocean

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Guatemala Canal Central America Proposed
  • Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean Sea)
  • Pacific Ocean

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Mexico Canal Isthmus of Tehuantepec Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Proposed
  • Atlantic Ocean (Gulf of Mexico)
  • Pacific Ocean
 One of the proposed paths connects the Goatzacoalcos River to Tehuantepec

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Thai Canal (Kra Canal) Malay Peninsula Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Thai Canal map-de.jpg Proposed
  • Indian Ocean (Andaman Sea)
  • Pacific Ocean (Gulf of Thailand)
 A level crossing across the Kra Isthmus would need to dig out the Tenasserim Hills

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White Sea–Baltic Canal Russia Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:White Sea Canal map.png
  • Completed 1933
  • In-operation
  • Atlantic Ocean (Baltic Sea)
  • Arctic Ocean (White Sea)

See also

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References

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