Shark tunnel
Shark Tunnel at the Georgia Aquarium
A shark tunnel (or aquarium tunnel , acrylic tunnel and exhibit tunnel ) is an underwater tunnel that passes through an aquarium , typically with sharks and related aquatic life.
They are usually made of thick acrylic glass .[ 1]
Most aquarium tunnels are cylindrical in shape, though tunnels can be made elliptical (to make them wider and still keep the top of the tunnel closer to the visitors), or even square.[ 2]
List of aquariums with shark tunnels
This list is sorted alphabetically by aquarium name.
Aquarium name
Location
Length of tunnel
Depth of tunnel floor in aquarium
Tank size
Adventure Aquarium
Camden , New Jersey , United States
40 ft (12 m)
9 ft (2.7 m)
550,000 US gal (2,100,000 L)
Antalya Aquarium [ 3]
Antalya , Turkey
430 ft (131 m)
11 ft (3.7 m)
1,300,000 US gal (5,000,000 L)
Aquaria KLCC [ 4]
Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
300 ft (90 m)
?
?
Aquarium Barcelona [ 5]
Barcelona , Spain
260 ft (80 m)
16 ft (5 m)
980,000 US gal (3,700,000 L)
Aquarium of the Bay [ 6]
San Francisco , California , United States
300 ft (91 m)
?
700,000 US gal (2,600,000 L)
Aquarium of Western Australia
Perth , Western Australia , Australia
322 ft (98 m)
?
790,000 US gal (3,000,000 L)
Audubon Aquarium of the Americas
New Orleans , Louisiana, United States
30 ft (9.1 m)
?
?
California Academy of Sciences (rainforest exhibit)[ 7]
San Francisco , California , United States
25 ft (7.6 m)
?
100,000 US gal (380,000 L)
Cebu Ocean Park
Cebu City , Philippines
?
?
?
Dallas World Aquarium
Dallas , Texas , United States
?
?
?
Deep Sea World
North Queensferry , Fife , Scotland
367 ft (112 m)
9.8 ft (3 m)[ 8]
1,000,000 imp gal (4,500,000 L; 1,200,000 US gal)
Oceanium at Diergaarde Blijdorp
Rotterdam , the Netherlands
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?
?
Downtown Aquarium, Denver
Denver , Colorado , United States
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?
?
Downtown Aquarium, Houston
Houston , Texas , United States
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?
?
Dubai Mall Aquarium - Underwater Zoo [ 9]
Dubai , United Arab Emirates
167 ft (51 m)
?
2,600,000 US gal (10,000,000 L)
Funtastic Aquariums Anzali
Anzali, Iran
111 ft (34 m)
14 ft (4.5 m)
370,000 US gal (1,400,000 L)
Funtastic Aquariums Izmir
İzmir, Turkey
39 ft (12 m)
11 ft (3.5 m)
400,000 US gal (1,500,000 L)
Georgia Aquarium
Atlanta , Georgia , United States
100 ft (30 m)
20–30 ft (6.1–9.1 m)
6,300,000 US gal (24,000,000 L)
Greater Cleveland Aquarium [ 10]
Cleveland , Ohio , United States
175 ft (53 m)
9 ft (2.7 m)
230,000 US gal (870,000 L)
Henry Doorly Zoo
Omaha , Nebraska , United States
70 ft (21 m)
17 ft (5.2 m)
900,000 US gal (3,400,000 L)
Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium
Auckland , New Zealand
72 ft (22 m)
8 ft (2.4 m)
400,000 US gal (1,500,000 L)
Manila Ocean Park
Manila , Philippines
?
?
?
Maui Ocean Center
Maalaea , Hawaii , United States
54 ft (16 m)
?
750,000 US gal (2,800,000 L)
National Aquarium Denmark (Blue Planet)[ 11]
Kastrup , Copenhagen , Denmark
52 ft (16 m)
?
1,100,000 US gal (4,000,000 L)
National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium [ 12]
Checheng Township , Pingtung County , Taiwan
260 ft (80 m)
?
1,500,000 US gal (5,700,000 L)
Nausicaä Centre National de la Mer [ 13]
Boulogne-sur-Mer , France
59 ft (18 m)
?
2,600,000 US gal (10,000,000 L)
Newport Aquarium
Newport , Kentucky , United States
85 ft (26 m)
13 ft (4.0 m) †
380,000 US gal (1,400,000 L)
Ocean Park Hong Kong
Hong Kong
?
?
?
Oklahoma Aquarium
Jenks , Oklahoma , United States
90 ft (27 m)
12–14 ft (3.7–4.3 m)
500,000 US gal (1,900,000 L)
Oregon Coast Aquarium
Newport , Oregon , United States
175 ft (53 m)
?
1,320,000 US gal (5,000,000 L)
Parc Aquarium du Québec
Quebec City , Quebec , Canada
?
?
92,000 US gal (350,000 L)
Polaria [ 14]
Tromsø , Norway
?
?
?
Ripley's Aquarium of Canada [ 15]
Toronto , Ontario, Canada
315 ft (96 m)
770,000 US gal (2,900,000 L)
Ripley's Aquarium of Myrtle Beach
Myrtle Beach , South Carolina , United States
330 ft (100 m)
?
750,000 US gal (2,800,000 L)
SeaWorld Orlando
Orlando , Florida , United States
60 ft (18 m)
?
?
Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World
Bangkok , Thailand
?
?
?
SEA LIFE Minnesota Aquarium
Minneapolis , Minnesota , United States
300 ft (91 m)
?
?
SeaWorld San Diego [ 16]
San Diego , California , United States
57 ft (17 m)
?
280,000 US gal (1,100,000 L)
Shanghai Ocean Aquarium [ 17]
Shanghai , China
390 ft (120 m)
?
580,000 US gal (2,200,000 L)
Shark Reef Aquarium
Las Vegas , Nevada , United States
?
?
?
Shedd Aquarium (upcoming)
Chicago , Illinois , United States
?
?
?
Sydney Aquarium
Sydney , Australia
?
?
530,000 US gal (2,000,000 L)
Taraporewala Aquarium
Mumbai , India
12 ft (3.7 m)
?
?
Turkuazoo [ 18]
Istanbul , Turkey
262 ft (80 m)
?
?
The National Aquarium
Abu Dhabi, UAE
167 ft (51 m)
11 ft (3.5 m)
930,000 US gal (3,500,000 L)
Underwater World [ 19]
Langkawi , Malaysia
49 ft (15 m)
?
130,000 US gal (500,000 L)
Underwater World [ 20]
Mooloolaba , Queensland , Australia
?
?
?
Underwater World [ 21]
Sentosa , Singapore
272 ft (83 m)
?
?
Vinpearl Underwater World [ 22]
Nha Trang , Vietnam
?
?
?
Afrykarium at the Wrocław Zoo
Wrocław , Poland
59 ft (18 m)
?
?
† — Estimated based on top of tunnel being 4 ft (1.2 m) under the surface and 9 ft (2.7 m) to bottom of tunnel.
See also
Notes