Penghu Aquarium
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| Penghu Aquarium | |
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澎湖水族館 | |
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 Interactive map of the Penghu Aquarium area | |
| General information | |
| Type | Public Aquarium |
| Location | Baisha, Penghu, Taiwan |
| Coordinates | 23°38′59.0″N 119°36′10.4″E / 23.649722°N 119.602889°E |
| Opened | 1997 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 2 hectares |
The Penghu Aquarium (traditional Chinese: 澎湖水族館; simplified Chinese: 澎湖水族馆; pinyin: Pēnghú Shuǐzúguǎn) is a public aquarium in Baisha Township, Penghu County, Taiwan.
The aquarium was established in 1997 to enable the Fisheries Research Institute to study local marine ecology.[1]
Architecture
The aquarium 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.[1]
