中国科学院南海海洋研究所海南实验站建于1981年。 该站位于109°28′E、18°13′N,在海南岛最南端三亚湾东边鹿回头半岛的海岬上,是我国唯一设立在热带的海洋实验站。 该站占地面积约10万平方米,海岸线长约1.2公里,海面宽约1公里,包括一个1万平方米的小洲岛和岩礁、砾石和沙滩三种 Hainan Experimental Station of the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences was established in 1981. The station is located at 109 ° 28’E, 18 ° 13’N, on the headland of Luhuitou Peninsula, east of Sanya Bay, the southernmost point of Hainan Island. It is the only marine experimental station in the country set up in the tropics. The station covers an area of ​​about 100,000 square meters, the coastline of about 1.2 km, the sea width of 1 km, including a 10000 square meters of small island and rocks, gravel and beach three