Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Waitemata
Petrel Bay, St. Francis Island
Waitemata was a schooner built in 1852 and lost on 20/05/1860. Leaking In Storm And Beached On St Francis Island
The oddity, explained
Why is Waitemata unusual?
Waitemata appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Waitemata was a schooner built in 1852 and lost on 20/05/1860. Leaking In Storm And Beached On St Francis Island. 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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