Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Explorer
Off Cape Jaffa
Explorer was a built in 1973 and lost on 01/02/1977. Hit By Freak Wave
CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationOff Cape Jaffa
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1977
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceHit By Freak Wave
The oddity, explained
Why is Explorer unusual?
Explorer appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Explorer was a built in 1973 and lost on 01/02/1977. Hit By Freak Wave. 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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