Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Acis
Between Cape Northumberland & Cape Douglas (Douglas Point) on the south-east coast of South Australia.
Acis was a built in 1876 and lost on 31/01/1904. The vessel left Melbourne on 28th January, 1876. On board was the Captain, a mate, an engineer and an engineer’s assistant. The light from the Cape Northumberland lighthouse was sighted about 2 a.m. At 4 a.m. they were about two miles away from the lig
The oddity, explained
Why is Acis unusual?
Acis appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Acis was a built in 1876 and lost on 31/01/1904. The vessel left Melbourne on 28th January, 1876. On board was the Captain, a mate, an engineer and an engineer’s assistant. The light from the Cape Northumberland lighthouse was sighted about 2 a.m. At 4 a.m. they were about two miles away from the lig. 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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