List of interoceanic canals

The following is a list of interoceanic canals, that is, canals or canal proposals, which form waterways for traffic to connect one ocean to another.

List

Canal	Place	Location	Map	Status	Oceans	Notes
Canal of the Pharaohs	Egypt	30°20′N32°23′E / 30.333°N 32.383°E / 30.333; 32.383		Used in the Late Period to early Islamic period In ruins	Atlantic Ocean (Mediterranean Sea) Indian Ocean (Red Sea)	This ancient canal once connected the Suez Rift Valley to the Nile River.	[1]
Suez Canal	Isthmus of Suez	30°42′18″N32°20′39″E / 30.70500°N 32.34417°E / 30.70500; 32.34417		Completed 1869 In-operation	Atlantic Ocean (Mediterranean Sea) Indian Ocean (Red Sea)	The level (lock-less) canal follows the Suez Rift Valley, from the Gulf of Suez to the Mediterranean	[2] [3]
Palestine Canal	Israel	31°30′N35°30′E / 31.500°N 35.500°E / 31.500; 35.500		Proposed	Atlantic Ocean (Mediterranean Sea) Indian Ocean (Red Sea)	From the Gulf of Aqaba to the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean, the modern version would expand two proposed water conveyance canals (Red Sea to Dead Sea, and, Mediterranean Sea to Dead Sea) into ship canals. Various proposals have existed since the construction of the Suez Canal.	[4] [5]
Panama Canal	Isthmus of Panama	9°04′48″N79°40′48″W / 9.08000°N 79.68000°W / 9.08000; -79.68000		Completed 1914 In-operation	Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean Sea) Pacific Ocean	This lock-encumbered canal takes advantage of the Chagres River, used to create Gatun Lake, over the western side of the continental divide	[6] [2] [3]
Nicaragua Canal	Central America	11°30′N85°00′W / 11.5°N 85.0°W / 11.5; -85.0		Proposed	Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean Sea) Pacific Ocean	Proposals use Lake Nicaragua to shorten the built canal distance	[6] [2] [7] [8] [3]
Honduras Canal	Central America			Proposed	Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean Sea) Pacific Ocean		[3] [9]
Guatemala Canal	Central America			Proposed	Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean Sea) Pacific Ocean		[10] [11]
Mexico Canal	Isthmus of Tehuantepec	17°12′47″N94°44′24″W / 17.213°N 94.740°W / 17.213; -94.740		Proposed	Atlantic Ocean (Gulf of Mexico) Pacific Ocean	One of the proposed paths connects the Goatzacoalcos River to Tehuantepec	[2] [12]
Thai Canal (Kra Canal)	Malay Peninsula	10°11′N98°53′E / 10.183°N 98.883°E / 10.183; 98.883		Proposed	Indian Ocean (Andaman Sea) Pacific Ocean (Gulf of Thailand)	A level crossing across the Kra Isthmus would need to dig out the Tenasserim Hills	[3]
White Sea–Baltic Canal	Russia	62°48′N34°48′E / 62.800°N 34.800°E / 62.800; 34.800		Completed 1933 In-operation	Atlantic Ocean (Baltic Sea) Arctic Ocean (White Sea)

See also

• List of transcontinental canals
• Lists of canals

References

1. Jean-Jacques Aubert (2015). Federico Romanis; Marco Maiuro (eds.). "Trajan's Canal: River Navigation from the Nile to the Red Sea?". Across the Ocean: Nine Essays on Indo-Mediterranean Trade. Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition. 41. Brill: 33–42. doi:10.1163/9789004289536_004. ISBN   978-90-04-28953-6. ISSN   0166-1302. S2CID   127255583.
2. Henri Stuckle (1870). Interoceanic Canals, an Essay on the Question of Location for a Ship Canal Across the American Continent. A. Carr and Co.
3. Fred Pearce (11 April 2017). "Mega-canals could slice through continents for giant ships". New Scientist.
4. "The Palestine Canal". New York Times. 27 September 1885.
5. "Billion-dollar Palestine Canal Urged As Substitute for Suez". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 29 November 1937.
6. Alfred Williams (1880). The inter-oceanic canal and the Monroe doctrine. G.P. Putnam's and Sons.
7. Jonathan Watts (24 November 2016). "Nicaragua canal: in a sleepy Pacific port, something stirs". The Guardian.
8. ANDRÉS OPPENHEIMER (5 July 2017). "Four years later, Nicaragua's $40 billion interoceanic canal remains a pipe dream". Miami Herald.
9. William Herbert Hobbs (1952). A Proposed Open-ditch and Tunnel Sea-level Ship Canal Across Honduras. XVII-th International Geographical Congress. Edwards Brothers.
10. Danilo Valladares (10 June 2011). "Guatemala: Future Interoceanic Corridor Will Rival Panama Canal". Inter Press Service (IPS).
11. Robert Bolton (1862). Bolton: England and America. John A. Gray.
12. J.J. Williams (1870). Tehuantepec Railway And Ship Canal. Government of Mexico.