Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Kon Tiki

South End, Boston Island, Port Lincoln

Kon Tiki was a built in 1930 and lost on 29/08/1970. Broke moorings and went aground.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationSouth End, Boston Island, Port Lincoln
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1970
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceBroke moorings and went aground.

The oddity, explained

Why is Kon Tiki unusual?

Kon Tiki appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Kon Tiki was a built in 1930 and lost on 29/08/1970. Broke moorings and went aground. 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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