This geographic category preserves access to historical references associated with Admiralty Islands. The incident list below uses the same public database as the archive and map.
Only individually published records are counted. An empty list means that this website has no matching published records, not that no incidents ever occurred. Where a year filter is selected, only records with that supported event year are shown.
Historical dates, species identifications and locations can be uncertain. Raw counts are not a personal risk rate and do not measure swimming, surfing or boating exposure.
Matches use a stored region or the named place explicitly present in a record’s location text. They do not assign new administrative boundaries or coordinates.
July 14, 1966 · Unprovoked · Fatal
Historical record: Manus Island, Admiralty Islands, Manus Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Recorded date: 1966-07-14. Classification: Unprovoked.
June 1, 1961 · Provoked · Non-fatal
Historical record: Rossun, Manus, Admiralty Islands, Manus Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Recorded date: 1961-06-01. Classification: Provoked.
November 7, 1958 · Unprovoked · Fatal
Historical record: M'Buke, south of Manus Island, Admiralty Islands, Manus Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Recorded date: 1958-11-07. Classification: Unprovoked.
January 1, 1956 · Unprovoked · Non-fatal
Historical record: Hus Island, Admiralty Islands, Manus Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Recorded date: 1956-01-01. Classification: Unprovoked.
May 1, 1955 · Unprovoked · Non-fatal
Historical record: Lou Island, south of Manus Island, Admiralty Islands, Manus Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Recorded date: 1955-05-01. Classification: Unprovoked.
January 1, 1952 · Unprovoked · Non-fatal
Historical record: Manus Island, Admiralty Islands, Manus Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Recorded date: 1952-01-01. Classification: Unprovoked.