USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Strait of Magellan (Spanish: Estrecho de Magallanes), also called the Straits of Magellan, is a navigable sea route in southern Chile separating mainland South America to the north and Tierra del Fuego to the south.

Detailed explanation-2: -I takes eight months to go around South America and it only takes three months to go through the Panama Canal.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Direction of the Panama Canal Ships traveling from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean go in a northwest direction. Ships traveling from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean go in a southeast direction.

Detailed explanation-4: -It has been noted ironically that although the Atlantic Ocean is east of the Pacific Ocean, a ship passing from the Atlantic to the Pacific travels from west to east through the Panama Canal. Why is this so? The ship contains a northwest bend.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Panama Canal is a constructed waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across the Isthmus of Panama. It is owned and administered by Panama, and it is 40 miles long from shoreline to shoreline.