Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide, organized for research and educational purposes.

Shark Attacks in the 1920s

View all recorded shark attack incidents that occurred during the 1920s. This page lists all recorded incidents in our database.

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White Bay, near Bald Rock Jetty, Sydney Harbor , New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Thursday Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
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Collaroy, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Thursday Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
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Townsville, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
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Nikumaroro Island, Phoenix Islands, KIRIBATI
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Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos Province, CUBA
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Near Badu Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
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Nasareth Beach, Valencia, SPAIN
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Ross River, Townsville, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
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Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, USA
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Tampico, Tamaulipas, MEXICO
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Tarrafal, Santiago Island, CAPE VERDE
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Fort Pierce, St Lucie County, Florida, USA
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Unknown, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
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Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
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Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
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Bribie Passage, Caloundra, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
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Badu Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
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Badu Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
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Sea Spray, Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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Near Dauan Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
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Ardrossan, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
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Ardrossan, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
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Maroubra Bay, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Glenelg, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
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Bondi, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Alma Bay, Magnetic Island, Townsville, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
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Miranda Head, Hauriki Gulf, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
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Bondi, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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San Stefano, Unknown, TURKEY
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Suva Harbor, Viti Levu Island, FIJI
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Sydney Harbor, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Ardrossan, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
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Indian River area, Florida, USA
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Garden Island, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida, USA
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Unknown, Unknown, AUSTRALIA
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Seabright, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
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Unknown, Unknown, INDIA
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200 miles off Hampton Roads, Virginia, USA, Virginia, USA
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Taboga Island Bay, Gulf of Panama, PANAMA
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Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
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Off shore, New Jersey, USA
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Unknown, Unknown, AUSTRALIA
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Viareggio, Tuscany, ITALY
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Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
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Unknown, Unknown, INDIA
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Barrow Point, 100 miles north of Cooktown, Queensland, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
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Bondi, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Coal wharf, Port Royal, Kingston Parish, JAMAICA
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Graceville, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
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Cooks Hill, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Unknown, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
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Near Barrow Point, Queensland, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
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Unknown, Near Puntarenas, COSTA RICA
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Unknown, Near Puntarenas, COSTA RICA
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Deliverance Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
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Unknown, Florida, USA
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Off Florida coast, Florida, USA
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Salt Vlei, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
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Kei River mouth, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
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Tugela River Mouth, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
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Little Brak River, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
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Bradleys Head, Sydney , New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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90 miles off Albrohos Island, Porto Seguro, BRAZIL
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Kiah Creek, Eden, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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a river, Unknown, FIJI
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Bellambi Reef, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Bondoc Peninsula, Luzon Island, PHILIPPINES
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Off Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
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Near Thursday Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
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Near Thursday Island, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
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Mereweather Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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A shark was caught, its head severed from body and hung from the anchor davit onboard the U.S.S. Borie, Salinas Bay, NICARAGUA
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Brisbane River, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
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Menzies Bay, Banks Peninsula, , South Island, NEW ZEALAND
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Kidd’s Beach, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
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Catalina Channel, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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Grey’s Point, Port Hacking, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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15 miles up the Cataract River, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Thursday Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
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Palm Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
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Near Thursday Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
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Roku Point, Central Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
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Clarence River, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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18 miles southwest of Bermuda , Unknown, BERMUDA
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Near Port Moresby, Unknown, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
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Seaside, Ocean County, New Jersey, USA
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Varazze, Golfo di Genova in the Ligurian Sea, ITALY
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20 miles off Seabright, New Jersey, USA
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San Francisco Bay (or San Leandro Bay), near cannery, Alameda County, California, USA
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Casa Antunez Beach, Barcelona, Sants-Montjic, SPAIN
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Hale'iwa, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA
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Steamship bound from Cape Town to Philadelphia, South of the Equator , SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
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Hilo Bay Yacht Club, Hilo, Hawai'i, Hawaii, USA
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West Beach, Brighton, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
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Hamburg, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
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Unknown, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
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Unknown, Bay of Monaco, MONACO
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Rarotonga, Cook Islands, NEW ZEALAND
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Sea View Beach, Unknown, SINGAPORE
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Mossel Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
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Cottesloe Beach, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
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Condado Beach, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
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Condado Beach, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
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Valencia, Valencia , SPAIN
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Off Shanklin, Isle of Wight, ENGLAND
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Folly Island, near Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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Princess Royal Harbor, near King George’s Sound, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
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Condado Beach, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
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Coogee, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Newcastle Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Hula, Central Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
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Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
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Second Narrows in Burrard Inlet, Vancouver, CANADA
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Suva Harbor, Suva, Viti Levu Island, FIJI
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Tampico, Tamaulipas, MEXICO
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Pacific Anchorage off the Panama Canal, 2 to 3 miles off Taboguilla Island, Pacific Ocean, PANAMA
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Santurce, Puerto Rico, USA
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Rangiroa, Tuamotus, FRENCH POLYNESIA
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Port Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
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Folly Island, near Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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Weymouth, Dorset, ENGLAND
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Newport Beach, Orange County, California, USA
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Bayboro, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
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Kiama, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Unknown, 150 miles offshore, PANAMA
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Fremantle, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
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Savo Island, Central Province, SOLOMON ISLANDS
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Sisargas Islands, Galica, SPAIN
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Bronte, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Currumbin, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
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South Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
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St. George’s Strand, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
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Near Asbestos Works, Camellia, Parramatta River, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Murwillumbah, Tweed River, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Urunga, Belliger Heads, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Condon, 88 km NE of Port Hedland, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
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Bellinger Head, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Botany Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Black Head, south of Taree, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Near Thursday Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
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Off the Demerara River , Demerara County, GUYANA
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Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
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Bellambi Reef, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Outside Vera Cruz Harbor, Vera Cruz, MEXICO
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Southgates, near Geraldton, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
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Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
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Ross River, Townsville, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
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San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
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Bunbury, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
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In Swan River at Freshwater Bay, Claremont, 5 miles from river mouth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
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20 miles from Havana, Caribbean Sea, CUBA
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Sea Bright, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
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Fort Drum, Manila Bay, PHILIPPINES
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Ocean City (offshore), New Jersey, USA
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Ocean City (offshore), New Jersey, USA
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San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
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Pialba Beach near Maryborough, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
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Pie Corner, Lucy, BARBADOS
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Botany Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Keawanui, Kamalo, Moloka'i, Hawaii, USA
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Hornsea, East Yorkshire, ENGLAND
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Nahant, Massachusetts, USA
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Pablo Beach, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA
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Municipal Pier, St. Petersburg, Tampa bay, Florida, USA
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Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland Parish, JAMAICA
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Simon’s Town, False Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
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Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Kingston Harbor, Kingston Parish, JAMAICA
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Kingston Harbor, Kingston Parish, JAMAICA
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Coogee, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Bilgola Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Coogee , New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Shatt-al Arab River, Unknown, IRAQ
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Ross River, Townsville, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
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Stockton Beach, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Stockton Beach, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Fitzroy River at Rockhampton, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
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Gay’s Corner, Bulimba Reach of Brisbane River, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
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Gay’s Corner, Bulimba Reach of Brisbane River, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
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Rewa River, Viti Levu Island, FIJI
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Off Hinchinbrook Island, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
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Barrier Reef, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
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Weymouth, Dorset, ENGLAND
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Unknown, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
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Fort Frank, Manila Bay, Luzon Island, PHILIPPINES
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Havana Harbor, Unknown, CUBA
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Unknown, Cavite Province, Luzon, PHILIPPINES
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Bunbury, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
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Marine Dock, Cape Haitien, HAITI
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Cottesloe Beach, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
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Unknown, Leyte, PHILIPPINES
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Woodcliff Channel, Freeport, Long Island, New York, USA
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200 miles from MacKay, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
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Englewood Beach, Charlotte County, Florida, USA
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Slaunwhite's Ledge, Hubbard Cove, Halifax, CANADA
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Between Bay Rock & Magnetic Island, Cleveland Bay, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
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Unknown, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
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Zwartkops River, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
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Arlington Reef, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
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Throsby Creek, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland Parish, JAMAICA
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Stanley Bay, Auckland Harbor, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
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Tugela River, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA