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L’Oceanografic 

Arctic - beluga habitat, 2003, indoor tank

Location: Valencia, Spain

Purpose: Display, Breeding, and Nursery

Number of pools: 4

         - All dimensions unknown other than a maximum depth of 16 

Total volume of habitat: 946,264

Barcelona Zoo

Aquarama, 1968, defunct outdoor tank

Location: Barcelona, Spain 

Purpose: Performance, Breeding, and Nursery

Number of pools: 1

         - A pool: (36)^2 pi x 20 = 602,524

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom  

Merlin’s Dolphin Theater, outdoor tank

Location: Vallejo, California, USA 

Purpose: Performance

Number of pools: 4

          - Show pool:  L X W X 20 = 416,000

          - Holding pool 1: L X W X 13 = 129,00

          - Holding pool 2: L X W X 13 = 162,000

          - Med pool: L X W X 7 = 8,000

Total volume: 715,000

SeaWorld Orlando

Shamu Stadium, 1984, 1995*, outdoor tank

Location: Orlando, Florida, USA

Purpose: Performance, Display, Breeding and Nursery 

Number of pools: 7

         - A pool:  170 X 75 X 34 = 2,692,800

         - B pool: 75 X 75 X 15 = 436,682

          - C pool: 75 X 75 X 15 = 436,682 

          - D pool: L X W X 12 = 98,511

          - E pool: 125 X 75 X 15 = 706,860

          - F pool: L X W X 12 = 98,511

          - G pool: 125 X 75 X 28 = 1,683,117

Total volume of habitat: 6,153,163

Planete Sauvage 

Marine City, 1998, outdoor tank 

Location: Port-Saint-Père, France 

Purpose: Performance, Display, Breeding and Nursery 

Number of pools: 4

         - Pool 1:  187 X 131 X (12 - 16) = V

         - Pool 2: pi (33) ^2 X (13 - 16) = 381,763 

         - Pool 3: L X W X (1 - 6) = V 

         - Pool 4: 98 X W X (12 - 16) = V 

Total volume: 1,981,290

Kewalo Marine Lab 

Dolphin habitat, 1959, 1969, 1971 defunct outdoor tank

Location: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Purpose: Research

Number of pools: 2

         - A pool: pi(25)^2 X 6 = 86,287

         - B pool: pi(25)^2 X 6 = 86,287

Total volume: 172,573

Marineland France

Original orca habitat, 1970-1986, defunct outdoor tank

Location: Antibes, Côte d’Azur, France 

Purpose: Performance

Number of pools: 2

         - Square pool:  82 X 49 X 11 = 330,624

         - Med pool: 49 X 26 X 11 = 14,014

Total volume: 344,638

Parc Asterix 

Theatre de Poseidon, indoor/ outdoor tank 

Location: Plailly, France

Purpose: Performance, Breeding and Nursery

Number of pools: 3

         - Outdoor pool:  L X W X (8 - 15) = 857,503

         - Indoor habitats (med + holding) L X W X 8 = 145,295

Total volume: 1,002,798

Kolmården Wildlife Park

Marine World, 1993, 2008, indoor tank

Location: Bråviken bay, Norrköping, Sweden

Purpose: Performance, Breeding and Nursery  

Number of pools: 5

         - Show pool: L X W X (10 - 13) = V         

         - Holding pool: L X W X D = V

          - Med pool 1: L X W X D = V

          - Med pool 2: L X W X D = V         

          - Lagoon: L X W X (10 - 20) = 739,681

Total volume: 1,690,701

Institute for Marine Mammal Studies

Main rehabilitation pool, outdoor tank 

Location: Gulfport, Mississippi, USA

Purpose: Swim

Number of pools: 6

         - Entire habitat:  125 X 60 X 12 = 650,000

Marineland France

Dolphin Show Stadium, 1986, outdoor tank 

Location: Antibes, Côte d'Azur, France

Purpose: Performance

Number of pools: 3

         - Show pool:  230 X 98 X (8-33) = 2,113,376

         - Oval pool 1: 33.5^2 pi X 15 = 395,606

         - Oval pool 2 (since updated) 33.5^2 pi X 15 = 395,606

Total volume: 2,904,587

SeaWorld San Antonio 

Shamu Stadium, 1988, outdoor tank

Location: San Antonio, Texas, USA

Purpose: Performance, Breeding and Nursery 

Number of pools: 4 

         - A pool: L X W X 35 = 2,110,000

         - B pool: L X W X 17 = 998,000

         - C pool: L X W X 17 = 998,000

         - D pool: L X W X 10 = 60,000

Total volume: 4,166,000

Georgia Aquarium

Coldwater Quest (beluga habitat), 2005, indoor mixed-species tank  

Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA 

Purpose: Display, Encounter, Breeding, and Nursery   

Number of pools: 3 

         - Main pool: 82 X W X 30 = V

         -Med pool: 19.5 X 17 X D = V 

          -Holding pool: 35 X W X D = V 

Total volume: 700,000

Zoo Nuremberg 

Dolphin Lagoon, 1971, 2011, (semi-natural, indoor-outdoor, mixed-species enclosure) 

Location: Nuremberg, Germany 

Purpose: Performance, Breeding, Display and Nursery 

Number of pools: 8-10

         - Basin 1 (nursery - can be divided into 2):  L X W X 13 = 284,778

         - Basin 2/3 (display and performance): L X W X (16-23) = 876,153

         - Basin 4 (sea lion only): L X W X (1.5-5) = 96,079

         - Basin 5 (holding): L X W X 8 = 56,744

         - Basin 6 (holding): L X W X 8 = 128,599

         - Performance basin (old dolphinarium): L X W X (13-14) = 189,676

         - Round basin (old dolphinarium): L X W X 14 = 123,897

          **Dolphins only have access to basins 1 and 6, as well as the indoor old

             dolphinarium, during winter months 

Total volume: 1,755,925

Kujukushima Aquarium

Dolphin habitat, outdoor tank 

Location: Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan 

Purpose: Performance

Number of pools: 2

       - Main pool: 19pi^2 x 15 = 123,477

       - Holding pool: 9pi^2 x 5 = 9,074

Total volume of habitat: 132,551

Zoomarine Algarve

Sam’s Stadium, outdoor tank

Location: Albufeira, Portugal

Purpose: Performance

Number of pools: 5

       - All other dimensions unknown

Total volume of habitat: 523,061

Loro Parque 

Orca Ocean, outdoor tank

Location: Tenerife, Canary Islands 

Purpose: Performance, breeding and nursery

Number of pools: 4

       - Main pool: 167 x 80 x 39 = 2,424,571

       - Holding pool 1: 147 x 100 x 27 = 1,870,866

       - Holding pool 2: 120  x 67 x 27 = 1,197,492

       - Med pool: 41 x 23 x 14 = 95,895

Total volume of habitat: 5,589,088