Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Gannett

On beach near American River Jetty, Kangaroo Island

Gannett was a cutter built in and lost on 1940. Abandoned and rotted on the beach.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationOn beach near American River Jetty, Kangaroo Island
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1940
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceCutter; Wood; Abandoned and rotted on the beach.

The oddity, explained

Why is Gannett unusual?

Gannett appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Gannett was a cutter built in and lost on 1940. Abandoned and rotted on the beach. Heritage Atlas treats that specific classification-and-description combination as the oddity; the score is a comparative discovery signal, not proof of mystery or the supernatural.

Evidence and further exploration

The coordinate, category and description remain tied to the cited source. Comparative oddness helps discovery; it does not add facts that the source does not provide.

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