Cretaquarium

Cretaquarium
Main entrance view
35°19′58″N 25°16′57″E / 35.332685°N 25.282474°E / 35.332685; 25.282474
Date opened	18 December 2005 (2005-12-18)
Location	Gournes, Crete, Greece
Land area	1.600 m2
No. of animals	2,500
No. of species	250
Volume of largest tank	600,000 lt
Total volume of tanks	1,800,000 lt
Management	Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Website	www.cretaquarium.gr

Cretaquarium (Greek: Ενυδρείο Κρήτης, Enidrio Kritis), also known as Thalassocosmos (Greek: Θαλασσόκοσμος, "sea world"), is a public aquarium located near the town of Gournes in Crete, Greece, 15 km east of the city of Heraklion.^[1]