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It would be 18,000miles shorter. If using Panama Canal.
The Panama Canal Passes through Panama, hence its name. It is used for international trade as it is a shorter passageway.
The distance between San Francisco, CA and Panama City, Panama is 2499.3 miles.
San Francisco to Panama City 82 hours (4,285.6 miles) via I-10 E
yes
up to three months shorter with a ship
Yes, but only if you cross the Panama Canal or go further south and pass through the Straith of Magellan in South America.
Panama
The question presents a few problems:-- Caracas is not on the Pacific coast.-- If you travel the coast, you don't pass 'through' any countries.If you walk along the coast line from Caracas to the Straits of Magellan, you traversecoastal territory of Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Uruguay,Argentina, and Chile.If you're firmly committed to traveling the Pacificcoastline, then you're going tohave to start out westward from Caracas, along the Caribbean coast, past Colombiaand half of Panama, and then cross through the Panama Canal to the Pacific Ocean.After that, you trek to the Straits of Magellan by way of the coastlines of Panama,Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile.
The Panama Canal, which joins the Pacific Ocean on the West to the Caribbean Sea on the East.
Before air travel, the Panama Canal was the shortcut from New York City to San Francisco. Today it is still a shortcut if you are traveling by water.
Panama lol. Isn't that kind of obvious.