The shortest distance between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in the Americas is approximately 50 miles via the Panama Canal. This canal connects the Caribbean Sea (Atlantic) to the Pacific Ocean, allowing ships to avoid the lengthy and treacherous route around the southern tip of South America. The canal significantly reduces travel time and distance for maritime shipping between the two oceans.
The Atlantic Ocean (shortest distance- east) Going west you'd have to cross the Pacific Ocean and Asia.
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Between Columbia and Costa Rica. It is the shortest land distance from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean without going south of Chile. There is a canal there.
The Panama Canal is the shortest route.
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The Atlantic region of the world is not part of the Pacific region. While the Pacific region encompasses countries and territories bordering the Pacific Ocean, such as those in East Asia, Oceania, and parts of the Americas, the Atlantic region includes areas surrounding the Atlantic Ocean, including parts of Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
There is about 2,500 miles between the Pacific coast and the Atlantic coast.
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There are many oceans in the world. Two of three oceans that touch South America are the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.
The Panama Canal links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, via Gatun Lake in Panama. It enters the Atlantic at Manzanillo Bay and the Pacific at Bridge of the Americas.
Continental Divide is the drainage that divides sea or ocean. The Great Divide or the Continental Divide of the Americas is the division of the Pacific Ocean watersheds from the Atlantic and Arctic.