Cretaquarium
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Cretaquarium (, Enidrio Kritis), also known as Thalassocosmos (, "sea world"), is a public aquarium located near the town of Gournes in Crete, Greece, 15 km east of the city of Heraklion.
Key facts
- Zoo.zoo_name
- Cretaquarium
- Zoo.logo
- Cretaquarium_Logo.png
- Zoo.logo_width
- 80px
- Zoo.image
- Cretaquarium_entrance.jpg
- Zoo.image_width
- 300px
- Zoo.image_caption
- Main entrance view
- Zoo.location
- Gournes, Crete, Greece
- Zoo.area
- 1.600 m2
- Zoo.num_species
- 250
- Zoo.num_animals
- 2,500
- Zoo.largest_tank_vol
- 600,000 lt
- Zoo.total_tank_vol
- 1,800,000 lt
- Zoo.management
- Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Home - Aquarium
cretaquarium.gr →CretΑquarium is an expert in presenting species and ecosystems of the Mediterranean, a sea of unique biodiversity that gave birth to ancient civilizations and welcomes millions of visitors every year from all over the world. Offering 61 tanks of different sizes, containing a total amount of 1.800.000 litres of sea water, it is home to 2000 sea animals, 200 different species found in the Mediterranean basin, and together with the appropriate scenery, it successfully represents the Cretan and Mediterranean sea beds. Additionally CretAquarium designs and implements educational programmes and other innovative services, treats injured animals and is constantly enriched with new marine species. Each visitor has the opportunity to see the sea inhabitants of the Mediterranean, to learn, be charmed by them and contribute towards its sustainable future. At CretAquarium, the attractions become knowledge and experiences raise questions.
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Exhibits
- Playing with the light
- Open Sea
- Coastal areas
- The Aquarium beyond the glass
- Travelling to the Tropics
- Research
- See also
- References
- External links
Cretaquarium (, Enidrio Kritis), also known as Thalassocosmos (, "sea world"), is a public aquarium located near the town of Gournes in Crete, Greece, 15 km east of the city of Heraklion.
==History== The Cretaquarium project was conceived by employees of the former Institute of Marine Biology of Crete (IMBC) to create the first large aquarium in Greece, as part of a marine park for research, education, culture and recreation. Its construction was co-financed by the European Investment Bank and the Greek state. Cretaquarium first opened on the site of the former USAF Iraklion Air Station near the town of Gournes in December 2005 and underwent a major expansion during the winter of 2008–9, when 25 new tanks were installed. The aquarium is currently operated by the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, a public research institution.
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