Gold Hill

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Gold Hill is a prominent landform in the Panama Canal area, historically significant for the massive excavation work required to cut through the nearby Gaillard Cut.

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Label Occurrences
Gold Hill canonical 1

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hill ⓘ
landform ⓘ
associatedWithProject construction of the Panama Canal ⓘ
associatedWithStructure Culebra Cut ⓘ
Gaillard Cut ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Panama ⓘ
elevation approximately 170 meters ⓘ
approximately 560 feet ⓘ
geologicalComposition basalt ⓘ
volcanic rock ⓘ
historicalPeriod Panama Canal construction era ⓘ
locatedIn Canal Zone ⓘ
Panama Canal area ⓘ
locatedNear Culebra Cut ⓘ
Gaillard Cut ⓘ
locatedOnSideOf east bank of the Panama Canal ⓘ
namedAfter gold-colored appearance of rock and soil ⓘ
nearbyWaterway Chagres River ⓘ
Panama Canal ⓘ
oppositeOf Contractor’s Hill ⓘ
partOf continental divide in Panama ⓘ
region Central America ⓘ
risk landslides during canal construction ⓘ
slope instability ⓘ
significance landmark along the Panama Canal ⓘ
major obstacle during construction of the Panama Canal ⓘ
required massive excavation work for Panama Canal ⓘ
usedAs reference point for canal navigation ⓘ
visibility visible from ships transiting the Panama Canal ⓘ

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Gaillard Cut → passesNear → Gold Hill ⓘ