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Panama Canal's Surprising Direction
Ships sailing through the Panama Canal from the Pacific to the Atlantic travel mostly northwest, not east.
Many assume ships head east through the Panama Canal from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Surprisingly, the canal's path actually routes them mostly northwest.
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