The Nha Trang Oceanography Institute or Institute of Oceanography in Nha Trang is an

oceanography Oceanography (), also known as oceanology and ocean science, is the scientific study of the oceans. It is an Earth science, which covers a wide range of topics, including ecosystem dynamics; ocean currents, waves, and geophysical fluid dynamic ...

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 Hòa District, Ninh Hoà town, on the south by Cam Ranh city and on the west by Diên Khánh Distri ...

Khánh Hòa Province KH may refer to: Places * Cambodia (Kampuchea, Kambuja, ''Srok Khmer''), a sovereign state with ISO 3166-2 alpha code KH ** .kh, the Internet country code top-level domain for Cambodia * Kutná Hora District, Czech Republic (vehicle plate code) * ...

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

. 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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