Shanghai Ocean Aquarium
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The Shanghai Ocean Aquarium (Chinese: 上海海洋水族馆) is a public aquarium located in Shanghai, China.
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Shanghai Ocean Aquarium | |
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31°14′33″N 121°29′50″E | |
Date opened | 2002[1] |
Location | Shanghai, China |
Land area | 20,500 m2 (221,000 sq ft)[2] |
No. of species | >450[2] |
Volume of largest tank | 2,200 m3 (580,000 U.S. gal)[1] |
Total volume of tanks | 4,900 m3 (1,300,000 U.S. gal)[1] |
Annual visitors | one million[2] |
Website | www |
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Designed by Advanced Aquarium Technologies, the aquarium includes a 168-meter (551 ft) tunnel that takes visitors through a coastal reef, open ocean, a kelp cave, shark cove, and a coral reef, and is one of the longest such tunnels in the world.[1] The aquarium takes visitors through several exhibit "zones," including China Zone, South America Zone, Africa Zone, etc.[3]