Size Duel deck / Places and long things
Panama Canal
Length: length including the approach channels
82 km (50.95 mi)
Shorter than two marathons back to back.
Sources and checks
Checked 2026-10-19: Claude (AI build agent): Wikidata statement compared, second-source quote verified in the fetched page. Quotes are short passages from each source, in their original language.
Wikidata P2043: 82 kilometreQ7350, CC0, retrieved 2026-10-19
“Kanalen er 82 kilometer lang”Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian): source, retrieved 2026-10-19“Fra Colón til Panama City er Panamakanalen 82 km lang”Lex (Den Store Danske) (in Danish): source, retrieved 2026-10-19
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