Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Civic Star

6.6 miles off Corny Point, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.

Civic Star was a unknown built in 1944 and lost on 12/03/1975. Burnt to waterline and sank.

CategorySHIPWRECK
Location6.6 miles off Corny Point, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1975
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceUnknown; Wood; Burnt to waterline and sank.

The oddity, explained

Why is Civic Star unusual?

Civic Star appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Civic Star was a unknown built in 1944 and lost on 12/03/1975. Burnt to waterline and sank. 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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