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Is 52.680 nautical miles as long as The Panama Canal?

It's about one-and-one-tenth times as long as The Panama Canal
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The length of The Panama Canal is about 48 nautical miles.
(Canal de Panamá) (Panama)
Connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans across the Isthmus of Panama, the Canal measures 48 nautical miles in length. Ships passing through the Canal are raised (and then lowered) 0.014 nautical miles above sea level through the lock-and-dam system.
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