Fact 1111 — sunrise and sunset over two oceans

Panama borders the Pacific and the Caribbean Sea (part of the Atlantic basin), and the isthmus bends so their relative positions vary. However, the familiar claim that from Volcán Barú the sun rises over the Pacific and sets over the Atlantic is not supported by a reliable geographic verification: tourism sources confirm only that both bodies of water can be seen from the summit. Do not conflate observations from separate places in the country with a single viewpoint. [1–3]