Two Oceans Aquarium
The Two Oceans Aquarium is an aquarium located at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. The aquarium was opened on the 13 November 1995 and comprises several exhibition galleries with large viewing windows:[3] The aquarium is named for its location, where the Indian and Atlantic Ocean meet.
- Skretting Diversity Gallery - This gallery showcases marine life of South Africa's two oceans, and the major Benguela and Agulhas Currents that dominate its shores. Notable species include Knysna seahorses, moray eels, anemonefish, cryptic klipfish, sea stars, compass jellyfish, shysharks and temporary exhibitions of foreign species, such as Japanese spider crabs and Atlantic horseshoe crabs.
- I&J Children's Play Centre - Various activities to keep the young visitors entertained. Puppet shows, arts and craft.
- Predator Exhibit - This exhibit holds 2 million litres of seawater. Ragged-tooth sharks as well as various other fishes are found in the exhibit.
- I&J Ocean Exhibit - This exhibit holds 1.6 million litres of seawater. Various fishes, rays and turtles to be seen in this exhibit.
- Kelp Forest Exhibit - One of the aquarium's biggest attractions, this underwater forest is home to shoals of coastal fishes, suchs as white musselcrackers, steenbras and spotted gully sharks, and living specimens of South Africa's kelp species, sea bamboo, split-fan kelp and bladder kelp. The northern rockhopper penguins also use this exhibit for their exercise.
- Penguin Exhibit - African black-footed penguins, northern rockhopper penguins, African black oystercatcher, mole snake, western leopard toads and African clawed frogs. A river course divided into three sections (upper, middle and lower) with examples of native and invasive freshwater fishes is also present
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| Date opened | 13 November 1995 |
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| Location | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Coordinates | 33°54′29″S 18°25′3″E |
| No. of animals | 8,000 |
| No. of species | over 300 |
| Volume of largest tank | 2,000,000 l (440,000 imp gal; 530,000 US gal)[1] |
| Annual visitors | 500,000 |
| Owner | V&A Waterfront Holdings (Pty) Limited and Investec Bank[2] |
| Public transit access | By bus: MyCiTi 104 |
| Website | www |
Gallery
The main kelp forest tank in Two Oceans Aquarium
Anemonefish in Two Oceans Aquarium
References
- Dive South Africa: South Western Cape, Cape Town - V&A Waterfront. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- http://www.aquarium.co.za/about_us/
- "Exhibits at the Two Oceans Aquarium". Archived from the original on 2006-12-06. Retrieved 2006-11-28.
External links
- Official Website
- http://www.waterfront.co.za - For more tourist activities around Two Oceans Aquarium
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