Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack

1989 Gove Peninsula near Darwin, Northern Territory, AUSTRALIA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1989

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Gove Peninsula near Darwin, Northern Territory, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Unknown

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 17

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

No details, "recovering in Darwin Hospital"

🦈 Species Information

Tiger Shark

This species has been involved in 335 documented attacks in our database.

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