Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Plank Point

Beached opposite Baltic Wharf, River Bank, Port Pirie

Plank Point was a ketch built in 1915 and lost on 1962. Abandoned and broken up. Covered with silt dredged from the harbour during an era of port development and harbour deepening.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationBeached opposite Baltic Wharf, River Bank, Port Pirie
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1962
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceKetch; Wood; Abandoned and broken up. Covered with silt dredged from the harbour during an era of port development and harbour deepening.

The oddity, explained

Why is Plank Point unusual?

Plank Point appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Plank Point was a ketch built in 1915 and lost on 1962. Abandoned and broken up. Covered with silt dredged from the harbour during an era of port development and harbour deepening. 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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