Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Miame
MacDonnell Bay
Miame was a barque built in 8/1848 and lost on 24/05/1861. Broke from its moorings during a WSW gale, struck a reef and went ashore.
The oddity, explained
Why is Miame unusual?
Miame appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Miame was a barque built in 8/1848 and lost on 24/05/1861. Broke from its moorings during a WSW gale, struck a reef and went 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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