Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Eclair

Yankalilla, near the jetty, Gulf St. Vincent, South Australia.

Eclair was a schooner built in 1849 and lost on 14/10/1875. Dragged anchor and ran ashore.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationYankalilla, near the jetty, Gulf St. Vincent, South Australia.
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1875
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceSchooner; Wood; Dragged anchor and ran ashore.

The oddity, explained

Why is Eclair unusual?

Eclair appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Eclair was a schooner built in 1849 and lost on 14/10/1875. Dragged anchor and ran ashore. 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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