Chimelong Ocean Kingdom, World's Largest Aquarium, Opens In China

World's Largest Aquarium Opens In China

China is taking the aquarium experience to a whole new level.

The Guinness Book of World Records confirmed Monday that Chimelong Ocean Kingdom set five world records, including claiming the title of the largest aquarium in the world.

Chimelong Ocean Kingdom also hold the records for "largest underwater viewing dome, largest aquarium tank, largest aquarium window and largest acrylic panel," Guinness Book of World Records reports. The aquarium boasts a total water volume of 12.87 million gallons.

The park offers seven different aquatic-themed areas, with each symbolizing a different part of the ocean. It's part of Chimelong Hengqin Bay Hotel, which is the largest ecologically-themed hotel China.

Check out photos of the park below.

Tourists visit the worlds biggest aquarium at Chimelong Ocean Kingdom, the largest ocean theme park in the world, in Hengqin island of Zhuhai city, south Chinas Guangdong province, 28 January 2014. (Imaginechina)
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