Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Southern Cross
2 miles west of Point Douglas, South Australia
Southern Cross was a barque built in 1851 and lost on 08/01/1880. Penguin Island Light mistaken for Cape Northumberland, at least 18 miles off course.
The oddity, explained
Why is Southern Cross unusual?
Southern Cross appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Southern Cross was a barque built in 1851 and lost on 08/01/1880. Penguin Island Light mistaken for Cape Northumberland, at least 18 miles off course. 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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