Shark Attack Database

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Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1981 Wae-yeon Island, Chungnam, SOUTH KOREA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1981

⏰ 12h30

📍 Location

Wae-yeon Island, Chungnam, SOUTH KOREA

🌍 SOUTH KOREA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 27

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

This species has been involved in 744 documented attacks in our database.

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