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Pena Blanca Destination Guide

Delve into Pena Blanca in Panama

Pena Blanca in the region of Panamá is located in Panama - some 28 mi or ( 45 km ) West of Panama City , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Pena Blanca

Local time in Pena Blanca is now 01:09 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " America/Panama " with a UTC offset of -5 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Limón, Quibdó, Vino Tinto, Tinajones, and Santiago de Veraguas. While being here, you might want to check out Limón . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Pena Blanca ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Disney Wonder, Inaugural Westbound Panama Canal Transit on January 12, 2011

22:19 min by 5deheld
Views: 3401 Rating: 5.00

The "Disney Wonder" passes through the Panama Canal, 85 ft above sea level, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean to her new West Coast home port of Los Angeles. She follows the "Statendam" (HAL) and ..

Pesca en el Lago Gatún - Pescaengatun.com

1:02 min by aicaterina
Views: 1695 Rating: 0.00

PescaEnGatun.com - Día de Pesca, diversión garantizada para ti, tu familia y amigos. ..


Barro Colorado

1:45 min by ecoviajeros
Views: 1332 Rating: 5.00

Paseo al Monumento Natural de Barro Colorado, localizado en la isla más grande que existe en el Canal de Panamá. ..

Panama Canal

6:28 min by visionspost
Views: 367 Rating: 5.00

This footage was shot from The MS Zuiderdam as she passed through The Panama Canal on 8th October 2009. www.visionsvid.co.uk ..


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Interesting facts about this location

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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 9.18 -79.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Artificial lakes, Lakes of Panama, Panama Canal

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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 9.15 -79.85 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Biological research institutes, Islands of Panama, Lake islands of North America, Nature reserves

Gatún

Gatun is a small town on the Atlantic Side of the Panama Canal, located south of the city of Colón at the point in which Gatun Lake meets the channel to the Caribbean Sea. The town is best known as the site of the Panama Canal's Gatun Locks and Gatun Dam, built by the United States between 1906-1914.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 9.27 -79.92 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Panama Canal Zone Townships, Populated places in Panama

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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 9.10 -79.79 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Impact craters of Panama, Miocene impact craters, Possible impact craters on Earth

Gatun Dam

The Gatun Dam is a large earthen dam across the Chagres River in Panama, near the town of Gatun. The dam, constructed between 1907 and 1913, is a crucial element of the Panama Canal; it impounds the artificial Gatun Lake, which in turn carries ships for 33 kilometres of their transit across the Isthmus of Panama. In addition, a hydro-electric generating station at the dam generates electricity which is used to operate the locks and other equipment in the canal.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 9.27 -79.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Dams completed in 1913, Dams in Panama, Panama Canal