Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Glenelg
Noarlunga Point, 10 miles from Glenelg
Glenelg was a cutter built in and lost on 23/12/1901. The cutter left Glenelg on the evening of Sunday 22 December 1901 bound for the fishing grounds off Kangaroo Island. At about 3.15 am on the following morning, a calm set in with a strong westerly roll. The crew tried to stay, but the vessel would not an
The oddity, explained
Why is Glenelg unusual?
Glenelg appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Glenelg was a cutter built in and lost on 23/12/1901. The cutter left Glenelg on the evening of Sunday 22 December 1901 bound for the fishing grounds off Kangaroo Island. At about 3.15 am on the following morning, a calm set in with a strong westerly roll. The crew tried to stay, but the vessel would not an. 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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