Cu·le·bra Cut

(ko͞o-lā′brə)

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Culebra Cut

(kuːˈlɛbrə)

(Placename) the former name of Gaillard Cut

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References in periodicals archive

Over the course of our journey, our vessel would be raised 85 feet up from sea level in the Atlantic to the level of the Gatun Lake in Panama, then travel through the manmade Culebra Cut, then be lowered back down to sea level to emerge in the Pacific Ocean.

Cruising Central America: From the Panama Canal to Costa Rica with Olivia Travel

It must pass through the man-made Culebra Cut before a set of locks takes it down 10 metres to Miraflores Lake.

Short cut across the world; 100 years after the Panama Canal opened, its fascinating history and uncertain future

Leaving the lake after a couple of hours or so, we were back in the diggings, and the most challenging part of the whole project - the Culebra Cut, where, quite literally, they moved mountains to get through the continental divide.

From sea to shining sea; The Panama Canal is 100 years old this month. NIGEL THOMPSON takes a cruise ship tour of one of the world's finest engineering feats

Into the Culebra Cut, a gorge carved 100 years ago by dynamite and steam shovels through the mountains of the continental divide.

PANAMA HIT; A cruise through the 100-yearstill one of the planet's greatest -old Panama Canal is t shortcuts; As the Panama Canal nears its centenary we took a cruise to see why a journey along it features on so many travellers' bucket list..

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