Shark tunnel

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A shark tunnel (or aquarium tunnel or acrylic 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.

[edit] List of aquariums with shark tunnels

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Aquarium name	Location	Length of tunnel		Depth of tunnel floor in aquarium		Tank size
Aquarium name	Location	Feet	Meters	Feet	Meters	Gallons	Liters
Adventure Aquarium	Camden, New Jersey	40	12.2	9	2.7	550,000	2,080,000
Georgia Aquarium	Atlanta, Georgia	100	30.5	?	?	6,200,000	23,500,000
Henry Doorly Zoo	Omaha, Nebraska	70	21.3	17	5.2	900,000	3,400,000
Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World	Auckland, New Zealand	72	22	8	2.4	400,000	1,500,000
L’Aquàrium	Barcelona, Spain	262	80 ^[1]	16.4	5 ^[2]	1,190,000	4,500,000 ^[3]
Newport Aquarium	Newport, Kentucky	85	25.9	13 †	3.96 †	380,000	1,440,000
Ocean Park	Hong Kong, China	?	?	?	?	?	?
Oklahoma Aquarium	Jenks, Oklahoma	?	?	?	?	500,000	1,890,000
Oregon Coast Aquarium	Newport, Oregon	?	?	?	?	?	?
Parc Aquarium du Quebec	Quebec, Canada	?	?	?	?	?	?
SeaWorld Orlando	Orlando, Florida	60	18.3	?	?	?	?
SeaWorld San Diego	San Diego, California	?	?	?	?	?	?
Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay	Las Vegas, Nevada	?	?	?	?	?	?
Underwater World	Sentosa, Singapore	?	?	?	?	?	?

† — Guesstimated based on top of tunnel being 4 feet under the surface and approximate 9 foot to bottom of tunnel.

[edit] Notes

^ Official website. [1]Retrieved 5 May 2007.
^ Official website. [2]Retrieved 5 May 2007.
^ Official website. [3]Retrieved 5 May 2007.

[edit] See also

Ithaa, an underwater restaurant in the Maldives.
Pier 39, San Francisco, California, has an aquarium with an acrylic tunnel out under the open waters of San Francisco Bay.
Typical Aquarium Tunnel Shapes and Designs