Deepest canal

The Corinth Canal, Greece, opened in 1893, is 6.33 km (3.93 miles) long, 8 m (26 ft) deep and 24.6 m (81 ft) wide at the surface and has an extreme depth of cutting of 79 m (259 ft). It is still in use today. The Gaillard Cut (known as 'the Ditch') on the Panama Canal is 82 m (270 ft) deep between Gold Hill and Contractor's Hill, with a bottom width of 152 m (500 ft).