Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1890 Off Panamota, Woodlark Islands, BRITISH NEW GUINEA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1890

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Off Panamota, Woodlark Islands, BRITISH NEW GUINEA

🌍 BRITISH NEW GUINEA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 18

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Arm bitten

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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