Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Sea Spray

Little Weir Cove, or off Cape Gantheaume, Kangaroo Island

Sea Spray was a cutter built in 1939 and lost on 30/03/1979. Swamped by heavy seas and broke up on rocks.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationLittle Weir Cove, or off Cape Gantheaume, Kangaroo Island
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1979
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceCutter; Wood; Swamped by heavy seas and broke up on rocks.

The oddity, explained

Why is Sea Spray unusual?

Sea Spray appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Sea Spray was a cutter built in 1939 and lost on 30/03/1979. Swamped by heavy seas and broke up on rocks. 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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