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The Nha Trang Oceanography Institute or Institute of Oceanography in Nha Trang is an
oceanography Oceanography (), also known as oceanology, sea science, ocean science, and marine science, is the scientific study of the ocean, including its physics, chemistry, biology, and geology. It is an Earth science, which covers a wide range of to ...
institute located at 1 Cau Da St., next to Cau Da Wharf, about 6 km from the center of
Nha Trang Nha Trang ( or ; ) is a coastal city and capital of Khánh Hòa Province, on the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is bounded on the north by Ninh Hoà town, on the south by Cam Ranh city and on the west by Diên Khánh District. The city had ...
, Khánh Hòa Province,
Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...
. Established in 1923, it was one of the first centers for scientific research in Vietnam and is an important location for tropical oceanographic research. Since the establishment, the center has published approximately 1,100 scientific studies comprising 62.6% about marine biodiversity, 11.6% about marine physics, 7.6% about ecology and environment; 5.4% about marine geology, and 4.4% about marine chemistry and biochemistry The Marine Animal Museum is located in the vicinity which has more than 20,000 sea and freshwater creatures.


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