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The Panama Canal connects what sea and what ocean Which ocean does the Panama Canal connect at both ends

1. The Panama Canal connects the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean at both ends.

2. The Panama Canal is located in the Central American country of Panama and crosses the Isthmus of Panama, connecting the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The Panama Canal was built and completed by the United States, and began navigation in 1914. Now owned and managed by Panama **** and the State, in the lock canal.

3. The canal does not cross the isthmus from east to west as generally imagined. Rather, it passes south through the Gatun locks at the entrance to Colon on the Atlantic side into the widest part of Gatun Lake; then it turns sharply eastward and follows a roughly southeasterly course to the Gulf of Panama on the Pacific side.

4. Ships passing through the canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific first reach the Gatun locks via an import channel about 11 kilometers long in Limon Bay. In Gatun there are three consecutive locks that raise the ship 26 meters into Gatun Lake.