Wangan Green Turtle Tourism and Conservation Center

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Date opening1997
LocationWangan, Penghu, Taiwan
Wangan Green Turtle Tourism and Conservation Center
望安綠蠵龜觀光保育中心
24°04′07″N 120°56′40″E / 24.06861°N 120.94444°E / 24.06861; 120.94444
Date opening1997
LocationWangan, Penghu, Taiwan

The Wangan Green Turtle Tourism and Conservation Center (traditional Chinese: 望安綠蠵龜觀光保育中心; simplified Chinese: 望安绿蠵龟观光保育中心; pinyin: Wàng'ān Lǜxīguī Guānguāng Bǎoyù Zhōngxīn) is a conservation center for green sea turtles in Tungan Village, Wangan Township, Penghu County, Taiwan.

Green turtle hatchlings

The center was set up in 1997.[1] Up to 2015, the center has taken care of more than 250 rescued sea turtles, in which 150 of them have then been released back to the sea.

Architecture

The center was constructed with a shape of a turtle.[2][3]

Exhibitions

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