Gatun

American  

[gah-toon] / gɑˈtun /

noun

1. a town in the N Canal Zone of Panama.

2. a large dam near this town. 1½ miles (2 km) long.

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Example Sentences

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

Lake Gatun is indeed twice the size of Lago Maggiore and four-fifths the size of Lake Geneva.

From The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise by Mills, J. Saxon