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.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationMacDonnell Bay
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1861
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceBarque; Wood; 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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