Underwater World, Singapore
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| Area | Siloso Point |
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| Attraction type | Oceanarium |
| Opening Date | Unknown date,1991 |
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| Date opened | 1991 |
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| Location | Sentosa, Singapore |
| Land area | 28 hectares (69 acres) |
| Number of animals | 2500 |
| Number of species | 250 |
| Major exhibits | Aquatic Creatures |
| Website | underwaterworld.com.sg |
Underwater World (Chinese: 新加坡海底世界), also known as Underwater World Singapore Pte Ltd, is an oceanarium located on the offshore Singaporean island of Sentosa. Opened in 1991, it has more than 2,500 marine animals of 250 species from different regions of the world. The oceanarium is mostly underground and it is owned by the Haw Par Corporation. The Underwater World's ticket includes admission to the Dolphin Lagoon at Palawan Beach.
Underwater World is also involved in several environmental and educational projects, such as the Living in the Ocean Programme, Ocean Ambassador Programme and the Coral Club.
The Underwater World also provides exclusive venues to host events, such as ocean-themed functions.
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[edit] History
The oceanarium was opened in 1991. It re-opened on February 23, 2010 after a revamp of several attractions within the park.[1]
[edit] Attractions
Underwater World has a 83-metre (272 ft) long travelator that moves visitors along a submerged 6-millimetre (0.24 in) thick acrylic-windowed tunnel from which they can look at an array of marine life including coral reefs, stingrays, moray eels, turtles, sharks and others.
[edit] Adventures
The Underwater World and Dolphin Lagoon offers numerous adventures to the visitors. Some of them include:
- Marine Discovery
- Dive With the Sharks
- Dive With Dugong
- Dive With Sharks and Dugong
- Swim With the Dolphins[2]
[edit] Dolphin Lagoon
The Dolphin Lagoon is home to several Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins, also known as the "pink dolphins". Several "Meet-the-Dolphins" sessions are held daily to allow visitors to enter the waist-deep pool and interact closely with the dolphins. The ticket to the Underwater World & dolphin show does not include the direct contact with the dolphins, an additional photo-coupon must be purchased. The lagoon also includes a Dolphin Suite where visitors can watch the dolphin performance from within an air-conditioned area.[1]
[edit] Effect of plans for Sentosa Integrated Resort
On 6 December 2006, Underwater World Singapore launched three new attractions — an interactive stingray feeding pool, a display of small marine reef species, and 'Fish Reflexology', Singapore's first fish reflexology spa, where two species of doctor fish gently nibble away at the dead skin on visitors' feet. The new features cost S$650,000.
This was amid plans that were being proposed for Sentosa's Integrated Resorts. Genting Group's S$5.2 billion proposal, Resorts World, would feature the world's largest oceanarium — the 8-hectare (20-acre) Quest Marine Life Park — which would house 700,000 marine animals in a 30,000,000-litre (6,599,000 imp gal; 7,925,000 US gal) lagoon. Rival bidder Kerzner-CapitaLand's proposal would have an even larger marine habitat, with a capacity of 109,000,000 litres (23,977,000 imp gal; 28,795,000 US gal), including the world's largest jellyfish enclosure and an artificial reef for diving and snorkeling.[3] A week later it was announced that Genting International won the bid.
[edit] List of animals in Underwater World and Dolphin Lagoon
- Golden Trevally
- Bluespotted Ribbon-Tailed Stingray
- Pink Dolphin
- Coconut Crab
- Cownose Ray
- Dugong (Dugong dugon)
- Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia Aurita)
- Spider Crab
- Yellow Tang
- Spotted Ragged-Tooth Shark
- Green Sea Turtle
- Nibble Fish
- all kinds of reef fish
- Pufferfish
- Sea Stars/Starfishes
- Chambered Nautilus
- Arapaima
- Sea Angel
- Bannerfishes
- Butterfly Fishes
- Rainbow Crab
- Vinegar crab
- Box Crabs
- Decorator Crab
- Humphead Wrasse
- Shovelnose Rays
- Eagle Rays
- Nurse Sharks
- Bamboo Sharks
- Sea Dragons
- Clown fishes
- Sea Anemones
- Giant Grouper
- white-tip reef shark
- Leopard Shark
- Lion's Mane Jellyfish
- Blue Jellyfish
- Sea Nettle
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b The Straits Times Staff (February 23, 2010). "Underwater World revamped". The Straits Times. http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_494078.html. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
- ^ Underwater World Staff. "Underwater World - Adventures". Underwater World. Haw Par Corporation. http://www.underwaterworld.com.sg/adventures.htm. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
- ^ Jessica Cheam, "Underwater World not threatened by IR plans", The Straits Times, 7 December 2006
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Underwater World, Singapore |
- Underwater World
- Sentosa Underwater World Photo Gallery by Wong Chek Poh at pbase.com
- Additional Pictures from the Underwater World & Dolphin meeting
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