Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Mars
Cape Bedout, Kangaroo Island, off Knapman Creek
Mars was a barque built in 5/1877 and lost on 16/06/1885. The barque Mars left Melbourne in ballast on Thursday, 4 June 1885, bound for Port Pirie. Rough weather was encountered, fresh winds north west to south west, fresh and squally for most of the time. They sighted all lights as they came along. On Sunday 1
The oddity, explained
Why is Mars unusual?
Mars appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Mars was a barque built in 5/1877 and lost on 16/06/1885. The barque Mars left Melbourne in ballast on Thursday, 4 June 1885, bound for Port Pirie. Rough weather was encountered, fresh winds north west to south west, fresh and squally for most of the time. They sighted all lights as they came along. On Sunday 1. 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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