沉船海岸
外观
沉船海岸(英语:Shipwreck Coast),是大洋路上的一个旅游景点片区,它从奥特威角一直延伸到菲利港,也是十二门徒岩所代表的的石灰岩地层的所在地区。
探险家马修·弗林德斯谈到沉船海岸时说道:“我很少见过比这更可怕的海岸线。”
维多利亚海岸大约有638艘已知沉船,但目前仅发现了约240艘。沿着沉船海岸和探索海岸的历史沉船小道展示了一些因大风、人为失误以及某些情况下的犯罪行为而导致船只失事的地点[1]。
在沉船海岸失事的船只包括:
- Thistle (1837)
- Children[2] (1839)
- Unknown French whaler (1841)
- Lydia (1843)
- Socrates (1843)
- Cataraqui (1845)
- Enterprise (1850)
- Essington (1852)
- Freedom (1853)
- SS Schomberg (在利物浦建造,以查尔斯·弗雷德里克·朔姆伯格命名,1855年沉没)
- John Scott (1858)
- Golden Spring (1863)
- Marie Gabrielle (1869)
- Young Australian (1877)
- Loch Ard (1878)
- Napier (1878)
- Alexandra (1882)
- Yarra (1882)
- Edinburgh Castle (1888)
- Fiji[3] (1891)
- Joseph H. Scammell (1891)
- Newfield (1892)
- Freetrader (1894)
- La Bella[4] (1905)
- Falls of Halladale (1908)
- The Speculant[5] (1911)
- Antares[6] (1914)
- Casino[7] (1932)
- City of Rayville[8] (1940)
从菲利港开始的历史沉船小径纪念了50多艘沉船。
参考资料
[编辑]- ^ "Guide to Historic Shipwreck Trail on Victoria's West Coast" (PDF). Flagstaff Hill Maritime Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
- ^ "The Children" (PDF). Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village
- ^ "Fiji" (PDF). Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village.
- ^ "La Bella" (PDF) (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆). Flagstaff Hll Maritime Museum.
- ^ "The Speculant" (PDF). Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village.
- ^ "The Antares" (PDF). Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village.
- ^ "SS Casino" (PDF). Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum.
- ^ "MV City of Rayville" (PDF) (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆). Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village.