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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