Shanghai Ocean Aquarium
| Shanghai Ocean Aquarium | |
|---|---|
Shanghai Ocean Aquarium | |
| 31°14′33″N 121°29′50″E / 31.242554°N 121.49717°E | |
| Date opened | 2002 |
| Location | Shanghai, China |
| Land area | 20,500 m2 (221,000 sq ft) |
| No. of species | >450 |
| Volume of largest tank | 2,200 m3 (580,000 U.S. gal) |
| Total volume of tanks | 4,900 m3 (1,300,000 U.S. gal) |
| Annual visitors | one million |
| Website | www |
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.