Georgia Aquarium | Atlanta, Georgia | Ocean Voyager Exhibit, Largest Aquarium in the USA

Georgia Aquarium | Atlanta, Georgia | Ocean Voyager Exhibit, Largest Aquarium in the USA

Georgia Aquarium is a public aquarium in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It exhibits hundreds of species and thousands of animals across its seven major galleries, all of which reside in more than 11 million US gallons (42,000 m3) of water. It was the largest aquarium in the world from its opening in 2005 until 2012 when it was surpassed by the S.E.A. Aquarium in Singapore and the Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in China; the Georgia Aquarium remains the largest aquarium in the United States and the third largest in the world.

A $250 million donation from the foundation of local businessmen and The Home Depot co-founder Bernard Marcus provided the bulk of the funding needed to build and stock the new facility.

The aquarium's notable specimens include whale sharks, beluga whales, California sea lions, bottlenose dolphins, manta rays, sea otters, and tiger sharks Its centerpiece is a 6.3 million US gallons (24,000 m3) whale shark exhibit. https://www.georgiaaquarium.org/


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