Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Gawenga

2 km off Beachport

Gawenga was a built in and lost on 02/10/1980. Capsized in heavy seas.

CategorySHIPWRECK
Location2 km off Beachport
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1980
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceCapsized in heavy seas.

The oddity, explained

Why is Gawenga unusual?

Gawenga appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Gawenga was a built in and lost on 02/10/1980. Capsized in heavy seas. 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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