While the Darién Gap has been considered to be essentially impassable, in the 21st century thousands of migrants, primarily Haitian during the 2010s and Venezuelan during the 2020s, crossed the Darién Gap to reach the United States.

The Darién Gap [1] [2] is a geographic region that connects the American continents.In Spanish, it is called Tampón de Darién [taˈpon del daˈɾjen], lit. 'Darién plug'. [3] It is in southern Panama's Darién Province and the northern portion of Colombia's Chocó Department.

The Darien Gap: Travels in the Rainforest of Panama is a non-fiction book, written by Canadian writer Martin Mitchinson, first published in August 2008 by Harbour Publishing.

Aug 23, 2023 · It’s continuous except for a small section missing along the southern border of Panama, often referred to as one of the most inhospitable places on the planet — this is the Darién Gap.

Darién Gap. Der Darién Gap (englisch, wörtlich „Darién-Lücke“), Schreibweise auch Darien Gap, ist eine Region an der Grenze zwischen Nordamerika und Südamerika auf dem Gebiet der Staaten Panama und Kolumbien.Die Provinz Darién in Panama liegt in dieser Region.. In der spanischen Bezeichnung Tapón del Darién bedeutet tapón wörtlich „Pfropf“ oder „Stopfen“.

The Darién Gap is infamously difficult to traverse, but, as the only overland route connecting North and South America, it has become a crucial path for migrants traveling northward to the United States and Canada in the 21st century.

Map of the Darién Gap and the break in the Pan-American Highway between Yaviza, Panama and Turbo, Colombia. Darién Province covers an area of 11,896 square kilometres (4,593 sq mi), comparable to the island of Jamaica. It is the largest province by area, but also the smallest in …

The Darien Gap is the "saddle," or ridge, in the Serranía del Darién over which, in September 1513, the expedition led by Vasco Núñez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama en route to the discovery of the Pacific Ocean.

La région du Darién ou bouchon du Darién (de l' espagnol , tapón del Darién) est une zone de marais et de forêt située à la frontière entre la Colombie et le Panama , d'environ 160 km de long et 50 km de large. Le bouchon du Darién ne comporte aucune infrastructure. En particulier, il ne possède aucune route, leur construction étant hors de prix dans la zone, présentant un impact ...

La región del Darién es un área selvática y pantanosa ubicada en el límite de América Central y América del Sur (), que ha funcionado como una barrera natural a la comunicación por carretera entre ambos subcontinentes.Por no estar abiertas en la actualidad vías terrestres de transporte que atraviesen la zona (principalmente por ser la parte donde se interrumpe la carretera ...