Gaillard Cut
First appears in Book 1: The Three-Body Problem, chapter 31 (31)
Appearances
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B2
B3
What you know
Book 1: The Three-Body Problem
- Ch 31Narrowest point of the canal, about 150 meters wide, chosen as the operation site; the ship must cross by day so crew are upright.
Connections
- part ofPanama Canal
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 31Operation Guzheng begins
At the Gaillard Cut, workers raise the hidden filament net as Judgment Day approaches. Wang and Stanton watch from the slope while a walkie-talkie counts down the ship's distance.