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• Gatun Lake
  Gatun Lake

  noun

  an artificial lake in the Canal Zone, forming part of the Panama Canal: created by the Gatun dam. 164 sq. mi. (425 sq. km).
• Gatún Lake
  Gatún Lake

  noun

  a lake in Panama, part of the Panama Canal: formed in 1912 on the completion of the Gatún Dam across the Chagres River. Area: 424 sq km (164 sq miles)

Gatun Lake

American  

noun

1. an artificial lake in the Canal Zone, forming part of the Panama Canal: created by the Gatun dam. 164 sq. mi. (425 sq. km).

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Gatún Lake British  

/ ɡaˈtun /

noun

1. a lake in Panama, part of the Panama Canal: formed in 1912 on the completion of the Gatún Dam across the Chagres River. Area: 424 sq km (164 sq miles)

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Gatun Lake

Gatun Lake, which forms a key stretch of the canal system and provides fresh water for its locks, saw little rain this year, as El Niño triggered a withering drought.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2023

And Megan Geuss at Ars Technica discovered that a ship from World War II became a floating nuclear power station in Gatun Lake in Panama until 1976.

From The Verge ● May 2, 2018

They can arrange private helicopter rides or sailings around Gatun Lake.

From Time ● Oct. 13, 2017

In 1935, the Madden Dam was created to prevent the flooding of the Chagres River, which flows into Gatun Lake – a major part of the canal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2016

Much of this, however, runs through territory soon to be covered by Gatun Lake, nearly all the rest of it is on the wrong side of the canal.

From Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers by Franck, Harry Alverson