Penghu Aquarium
23°38′59.0″N 119°36′10.4″E / 23.649722°N 119.602889°E / 23.649722; 119.602889
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.
History
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]
Exhibition
The aquarium is home to over two hundred species of fish, taken from water within a 800 km radius of Baisha, covering the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Penghu Aquarium travel guide of hot destinations". TravelKing. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ^ "Penghu Aquarium". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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