Worth knowing
Panama
The Panama Canal lifts ships 26 metres above the sea to cross a man-made lake, then lowers them again. A crossing takes about eight to ten hours.
Where its story happens
The Panama Canal, Miraflores Locks, at 9.00°N, 79.59°W. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about Panama
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the middling countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Panama, the narrow bridge of land between Costa Rica and Colombia, joining the two Americas. See Panama on a map.
- Its canal lets ships pass between the Atlantic and the Pacific without sailing around South America.
- Ships crossing it from the Atlantic to the Pacific come out farther east than they went in.
- From its highest peak, on a clear day, you can see two oceans at once.
- This land rose from the sea about three million years ago and joined two continents.