Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Mary Ann

15 miles SW of Mount Young

Mary Ann was a cutter built in and lost on 01/12/1885. Sprang a leak and abandoned in 11 fathoms of water.

CategorySHIPWRECK
Location15 miles SW of Mount Young
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1885
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceCutter; Wood; Sprang a leak and abandoned in 11 fathoms of water.

The oddity, explained

Why is Mary Ann unusual?

Mary Ann appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Mary Ann was a cutter built in and lost on 01/12/1885. Sprang a leak and abandoned in 11 fathoms of water. 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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