Zoo Name: | Shanghai Ocean Aquarium |
Location: | Shanghai, China |
Date Opened: | 2002 |
Area: | 20500m2 |
Num Species: | >450 |
Largest Tank Vol: | 2200sp=usNaNsp=us |
Total Tank Vol: | 4900sp=usNaNsp=us |
Annual Visitors: | one million |
The Shanghai Ocean Aquarium is a public aquarium located in Shanghai, China.
Designed by Advanced Aquarium Technologies, the aquarium includes a 168m (551feet) 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. The aquarium takes visitors through several exhibit "zones," including China Zone, South America Zone, Africa Zone, etc.[1]