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International Shark Attack File

1925-2008 Map of Oceania/Pacific Ocean Islands Confirmed Unprovoked Shark Attacks (N=125)



map

Territory Total
Attacks
Fatal
Attacks
Last
Fatality
Papua New Guinea 49 25 2000
Fiji Is. 22 8 2003
Solomon Is. 12 5 1963
Marshall Is. 10 0  
Kiribati 8 0  
New Caledonia 5 3 2007
American Samoa 4 4 1972
FSM 4 0  
Tonga Is. 3 2 2006
Vanuatu 2 2 2005
French Polynesia 2 1 unknown
Wake Is. 2 0  
New Guinea 1 1 1968
Guam Island 1 0
OCEANIA
& PACIFIC ISLANDS
125 51 2007


red 20 and above


blue 6 - 19



green 1 - 5



none 0

Last updated: July 9, 2009

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