Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Ariel
Possibly Emmes Reef, Reef Head or 5 miles from Althorpe Island, Investigator Strait, South Australia
Ariel was a ketch built in 17/12/1878 and lost on 24/03/1928. Disappeared with all hands: possibly struck reef or foundered.
The oddity, explained
Why is Ariel unusual?
Ariel appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Ariel was a ketch built in 17/12/1878 and lost on 24/03/1928. Disappeared with all hands: possibly struck reef or foundered. 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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