Penghu Aquarium
The Penghu Aquarium (Chinese: 澎湖水族館; pinyin: Pēnghú Shuǐzúguǎn) is an oceanarium in Baisha Township, Penghu County, Taiwan.[1]
| Penghu Aquarium | |
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澎湖水族館 | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Oceanarium |
| Location | Baisha, Penghu, Taiwan |
| Coordinates | 23°38′59.0″N 119°36′10.4″E |
| Opened | 1997 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 2 hectares |
History
The oceanarium was established in 1997 to enable the Fisheries Research Institute to study local marine ecology.
Architecture
The oceanarium covers 2 hectares of land. The main building is surrounded by gardens and sculptures of various types of marine creatures. The building is a two-story building with three main sections, consisting of a seashore exhibition area, a reef exhibition area and an ocean exhibition area. There is also an underwater tunnel with a walkway encased in glass. The main architect for this building, Barney Thorne, engineered the huge fish tank inside which houses a large variety of exotic fish.
Exhibition
The oceanarium is home to over two hundred species of fish from water within 800 km radius of Baisha covering Taiwan Strait and South China Sea.
Opening time
The oceanarium is open every day from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
