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Water Temperature and Cyclone Frequency <strong>in</strong> the Pacific: Implications for Pearl Farm<strong>in</strong>gTable 1. Total number of tropical cyclones pass<strong>in</strong>g with<strong>in</strong> 50, 100 and 200 km of selected locations <strong>in</strong> Australia,Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Papua New Gu<strong>in</strong>ea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu between1969/1970 and2004/2005. Source: Bureau of Meteorology, Australia (2007b).Country Location Latitude Longitude Number of cyclones with<strong>in</strong>(°S) (° E or W) 50 km 100 km 200 kmAustralia Broome 17.94 122.23 E 6 12 28Australia Exmouth 19.24 146.76 E 6 11 30Australia Cairns 16.87 145.74 E 6 10 24Cook Islands Penrhyn 9.00 158.50 W 1 1 4Cook Islands Rarotonga 21.11 159.80 W 5 7 23Fiji Labasa Airfield 16.47 179.34 E 2 12 26Fiji Lakeba 18.24 178.81 E 1 9 26Fiji Matuku 19.13 179.74 E 1 10 27Fiji Nabouwalu 16.99 178.69 E 2 8 27Fiji Nadi 17.76 177.44 E 2 13 28Fiji Oni I Lau 20.66 178.72 E 5 18 23Fiji Rotuma 12.51 177.54 E 2 11 19Fiji Suva 18.15 178.45 E 1 9 29Fiji Vanua Balavu 17.25 178.95 E 3 5 25Fiji Viwa 17.15 176.91 E 7 13 28Fiji Vunisea 19.67 178.17 E 4 18 25Fiji Yasawa-i-Rawa 16.70 177.57 E 5 15 31French Polynesia Tahiti 19.00 210.00 E 0 4 11Papua New Gu<strong>in</strong>ea Kavieng 2.58 150.80 E 0 0 0Papua New Gu<strong>in</strong>ea Madang 5.22 145.78 E 0 0 0Papua New Gu<strong>in</strong>ea Port Moresby 9.45 147.20 E 0 1 3Solomons Islands Honiara 9.40 159.97 E 1 5 11Solomons Islands Lata 10.70 165.80 E 0 3 10Solomons Islands Munda 8.33 157.27 E 0 1 7Solomons Islands Taro Island 6.70 156.40 E 0 1 6Vanuatu Aneityum 20.23 169.78 E 9 15 34Vanuatu Lamap 16.42 167.81E 9 18 41Vanuatu Pekoa Airport 15.50 167.22 E 5 14 43Vanuatu Port Vila 17.75 168.31 E 9 21 39Vanuatu Sola 13.87 167.55 E 9 16 32

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