Kélonia
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Kélonia is a public aquarium and observatory specialising in Marine turtles in Saint-Leu, Réunion.
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- Type
- Archive
- Founded
- 2006
- Location
- Saint-Leu, Réunion
- Also known as
- Kélonia, l'Observatoire des Tortues Marines
- Status
- Active
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- museum
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Saint-Leu
- Continent
- Africa
- Official website
- museesreunion.fr/kelonia
- Image
- L'entrée de Kélonia.jpg
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- postal code
- 97426
- date of official opening
- 2006-00-00
- Commons category
- Kélonia
- street address
- 46, rue du Général de Gaulle, Pointe des Châteaux
- visitors per year
- 190000
- species kept
- sea turtle
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Kélonia is a public aquarium and observatory specialising in Marine turtles in Saint-Leu, Réunion.
It was built on the site of a former Turtle Ranch and hosts guided visits and educational workshops. Kélonia participates in different research programs on marine turtles. These include migratory studies, monitoring populations and genetics.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kélonia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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