Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Saurian

NW of Port Noarlunga Jetty, Gulf Of St. Vincent. 5 kms west of Port Stanvac Oil Refinery

Saurian was a built in 12/02/1881 and lost on 24/11/1954. Scrapped and scuttled.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationNW of Port Noarlunga Jetty, Gulf Of St. Vincent. 5 kms west of Port Stanvac Oil Refinery
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1954
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceIron; Scrapped and scuttled.

The oddity, explained

Why is Saurian unusual?

Saurian appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Saurian was a built in 12/02/1881 and lost on 24/11/1954. Scrapped and scuttled. 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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