Explore Quebrada del Medio in Panama
Quebrada del Medio in the region of Colón is a town in Panama - some 23 mi or ( 37 km ) North-West of Panama City , the country's capital city .
Current time in Quebrada del Medio is now 10:45 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " America/Panama " with a UTC offset of -5 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Limón, Quibdó, Montería, Santiago de Veraguas, and Sabanitas. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Limón . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Quebrada del Medio ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Visiting Panama at the height of rainy season! There was so much life all around--I got to see tons of monkeys, frogs, crocdiles, leafcutter ants (my favorites) and even stumbled upon the much-feared ..
Panama Jungle Unicycle Ride Teaser
We are a team of 5 off-road unicyclists riding from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, across the isthmus of Panama, on jungle trails. We are following an old 'gold route' used for hundreds of years b ..
Pacific-Atlantic Road Race
We couldn't find a record for the shortest time between two oceans, so we raced from the Pacific to the Atlantic in Panama and made one ourselves. Can you beat 1:29:30? ..
1988 Panama offroad trip part #4 (Dino saves the day!) My fj40 land cruiser gets wet...
This one has the Water crossing in it, the river was low when we started, and got deeper once w got to the sandbar. Lucky for us there were only two people dumb enough to try it. (I was the Dumb one i ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Panama Canal Zone
The Panama Canal Zone (Spanish: Zona del Canal de Panamá) is a 553-square-mile former unorganized US territory located within the Republic of Panama, consisting of the Panama Canal and an area generally extending {{#invoke:ConvertNumeric | numeral_to_english | 5 | case=L | sp=us | adj=off }} miles on each side of the centerline, but excluding Panama City and Colón, which otherwise would have been partly within the limits of the Canal Zone.
Located at 9.12 -79.72 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Gamboa, Panama
Gamboa is a small town in the Republic of Panama. It was one of a handful of permanent Canal Zone townships, built to house employees of the Panama Canal and their dependents. The name Gamboa is the name of a tree of the quince family.
Located at 9.12 -79.70 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Barro Colorado Island
Barro Colorado Island (BCI) is located in the man-made Gatun Lake in the middle of the Panama Canal. The island was formed when the waters of the Chagres River were dammed to form the lake. When the waters rose, they covered a significant part of the existing rainforest, and the hilltops remained as islands in the middle of the lake. It has an area of 15.6 km . The island was set aside as a nature reserve on April 17, 1923 by the U.S. Government.
Located at 9.15 -79.85 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Gatun structure
The Gatun structure is a possible eroded impact crater. It is named after the nearby Gatun Lake in Panama. It was first discovered in 1972 by geologist Bob Stewart and later studied by Livio L. Tornabene from the University of South Florida Department of Geology. The structure is estimated to have formed about 20 million years ago. This would place the event in the Miocene epoch.
Located at 9.10 -79.79 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Gatun Lake
Gatun Lake (Sp. Lago Gatún) is a large artificial lake situated in the Republic of Panama; it forms a major part of the Panama Canal, carrying ships for 33 km of their transit across the Isthmus of Panama. The lake was created between 1907 and 1913 by the building of the Gatun Dam across the Chagres River. At the time it was created, Gatun Lake was the largest man-made lake in the world, and the dam was the largest dam on earth.
Located at 9.18 -79.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
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