Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Kona
Scraper Shoal and Antechamber Bay, Kangaroo Island
Kona was a schooner built in 1901 and lost on 03/02/1917. The schooner Kona ran aground on a voyage from San Francisco on 3 February 1917 at the Scrapers, Cape St. Albans. The crew had sighted land a little to the westward of Cape Willoughby and the course was altered to the eastward so as to pass about one and
The oddity, explained
Why is Kona unusual?
Kona appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Kona was a schooner built in 1901 and lost on 03/02/1917. The schooner Kona ran aground on a voyage from San Francisco on 3 February 1917 at the Scrapers, Cape St. Albans. The crew had sighted land a little to the westward of Cape Willoughby and the course was altered to the eastward so as to pass about one and. 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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