The following is a list of interoceanic canals, that is, canals or canal proposals, which form waterways for traffic to connect one ocean to another.
| Canal | Place | Location | Map | Status | Oceans | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canal of the Pharaohs | Egypt | This ancient canal once connected the Suez Rift Valley to the Nile River. | [1] | |||||
| Suez Canal | Isthmus of Suez | The level (lock-less) canal follows the Suez Rift Valley, from the Gulf of Suez to the Mediterranean | ||||||
| Palestine Canal | Israel | Proposed | From the Gulf of Aqaba to the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean, the modern version would expand two proposed water conveyance canals (Red Sea to Dead Sea, and, Mediterranean Sea to Dead Sea) into ship canals. Various proposals have existed since the construction of the Suez Canal. | [2] [3] | ||||
| Panama Canal | Isthmus of Panama | This lock-encumbered canal takes advantage of the Chagres River, used to create Gatun Lake, over the western side of the continental divide | [4] [5] | |||||
| Nicaragua Canal | Central America | Proposed | Proposals use Lake Nicaragua to shorten the built canal distance | [6] [7] [8] | ||||
| Honduras Canal | Central America | Proposed | [9] | |||||
| Guatemala Canal | Central America | Proposed | [10] [11] | |||||
| Mexico Canal | Isthmus of Tehuantepec | 17.213°N -94.74°W | Proposed | One of the proposed paths connects the Goatzacoalcos River to Tehuantepec | [12] | |||
| Thai Canal (Kra Canal) | Malay Peninsula | Proposed | A level crossing across the Kra Isthmus would need to dig out the Tenasserim Hills | |||||
| White Sea–Baltic Canal | Russia |
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