ships can transit between the atlantic and pacific oceans using the panama canal.
ships can transit between the atlantic and pacific oceans using the panama canal.
ships can transit between the atlantic and pacific oceans using the?
panama canal
until the panama canal opened in 1914, the strait of magellan was the main route for steamships traveling from the atlantic ocean to the pacific. it was often considered the only safe way to move between the atlantic and pacific oceans, as the drake passage separating cape horn (the southern tip of south america) from antarctica is notorious for turbulent and unpredictable weather, and is frequented by icebergs and sea ice. ships in the strait, protected by tierra del fuego to the south and the coast of continental south america to the north crossed with relative ease, and punta arenas became a primary refueling port providing coal for steam ships in transit. sailing ships, however, partly because of variable winds and currents in the strait, generally preferred the drake passage, as they had more room to maneuver there.
strait of magellan
bullet::::- "melamphaes simus" ebeling, 1962 (tropical/subtropical regions of atlantic, indian and pacific oceans)









































bullet::::- "poromitra crassiceps" (günther, 1878) (all oceans except arctic and mediterranean)









































bullet::::- "poromitra megalops" (lütken, 1877) (eastern atlantic, indo-pacific and eastern equatorial pacific)









































bullet::::- "scopeloberyx robustus" (günther, 1887) (tropical/subtropical regions of atlantic, indian and pacific oceans)









































bullet::::- "scopelogadus beanii" (günther, 1887) (atlantic, southern indian and western south pacific oceans)









































bullet::::- "sio nordenskjoldii" (lönnberg, 1905) (south atlantic and indian oceans south of 30°s; several records off south africa)









































family: stephanoberycidae — pricklefishes









































bullet::::- "acanthochaenus lutkeni" gill, 1884 (off mid atlantic usa, azores and off durban (29°42's, 33°19'e)
list of marine spiny-finned fishes of south africa