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The Panama Canal created a shorter passage for commercial shipping between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. This saved having to take the longer and more hazardous passage round the Cape Horn (southern tip of South America). Cape Horn was notorious for its extremely stormy weather.

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