Shanghai Ocean Aquarium

Shanghai Ocean Aquarium
Shanghai Ocean Aquarium
31°14′33″N 121°29′50″E / 31.242554°N 121.49717°E / 31.242554; 121.49717
Date opened2002
LocationShanghai, China
Land area20,500 m2 (221,000 sq ft)
No. of species>450
Volume of largest tank2,200 m3 (580,000 U.S. gal)
Total volume of tanks4,900 m3 (1,300,000 U.S. gal)
Annual visitorsone million
Websitewww.sh-aquarium.com/en/html/index.aspx

The Shanghai Ocean Aquarium (Chinese: 上海海洋水族馆) is a public aquarium located in Shanghai, China.

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. The aquarium takes visitors through several exhibit "zones," including China Zone, South America Zone, Africa Zone, etc.