North Carolina Aquarium at Roanoke Island, Manteo, United States
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North Carolina Aquarium at Roanoke Island, located in Manteo - part
of the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
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North Carolina Aquarium at Roanoke Island Description
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When the weather's hot you can cool down at North Carolina's largest
aquarium.
The North Carolina Aquarium at Roanoke Island, is located in Manteo,
just off US Hwy. 64/264 Business. This location has a large "outdoor"
exhibit area that is really indoors, somewhat like a giant greenhouse.
The entire roof is one giant skylight.
The North Carolina Aquarium at Roanoke Island received $49,800 from
the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to use satellite
telemetry to track rehabilitated cold-stunned juvenile loggerhead sea
turtles (Caretta caretta), in order to assess post-release survival
and behavior.
North Carolina Aquarium at Roanoke Island is home to the largest
saltwater tank in North Carolina.
North Carolina Aquarium at Roanoke Island Director David Griffin shows
Advisory Committee members the size of the Graveyard of the Atlantic
tank by standing inside the structure.
expansion project of the North Carolina Aquarium at Roanoke Island is
well underway. The new facility, constructed by T.A. Loving Company of
Goldsboro, will be double in size of the old aquarium, to about 68,000
square feet.