Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, which opened in 1984, is an example. Since then, many new aquariums have sought even greater realism, often concentrating on local environments. A host of marine animals swim together in the four-story cylindrical tank of the New England Aquarium in Boston, which opened in 1969.Īt the National Aquarium in Baltimore, which opened in 1981, a walkway spirals up through the center of two gigantic cylindrical tanks, the Atlantic Coral Reef and the Shark Alley, which display sharks, sawfish, and other sea creatures. Modern marine aquariums try to create natural environments. The largest tank of the Afrykarium in Wrocław shows the depths of the Mozambique Channel, where sharks, rays, and other large pelagic fish can be viewed from this 18 meter long underwater acrylic tunnel. In 2014, the Singapore park was surpassed by the Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in China, the current record holder, with a total water volume of 48,750 m 3 (12,880,000 US gal). In 2012 it was surpassed by Marine Life Park in Singapore with a total water volume of 45,000 m 3 (12,000,000 US gal) and over 100,000 animals of more than 800 species. From 2005 to 2012 it was the Georgia Aquarium in the United States with an initial total water volume of 32,000 m 3 (8,500,000 US gal), later it expanded to 38,000 m 3 (10,000,000 US gal), and home to 100–120,000 animals of 700 species. The position as world's largest oceanarium has since shifted repeatedly in recent years. When a new 170,000-square-foot exhibit at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago opened on April 27, 1991, it debuted as the largest indoor marine mammal facility in the world. The lower level of the Oceanarium allows underwater viewing of the beluga whales and the dolphins. Belugas swimming in the Abbott Oceanarium at the Shedd Aquarium.
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