Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Amethyst

Cape Catastrophe, Lincoln National Park, South Australia

Amethyst was a none built in 1971 and lost on 13/03/1983. While picking up crayfish pots the vessel was hit by a king wave and carried 50 m onto a cliff face becoming a total wreck.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationCape Catastrophe, Lincoln National Park, South Australia
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1983
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceNone; Wood; While picking up crayfish pots the vessel was hit by a king wave and carried 50 m onto a cliff face becoming a total wreck.

The oddity, explained

Why is Amethyst unusual?

Amethyst appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Amethyst was a none built in 1971 and lost on 13/03/1983. While picking up crayfish pots the vessel was hit by a king wave and carried 50 m onto a cliff face becoming a total wreck. 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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