Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Amber Star
1 mile south of Cape Bouguer, Kangaroo Island
Amber Star was a cutter built in 1966 and lost on 14/01/1973. On 7 January, 1973, Amber Star, skippered by her part owner Gus Mere, with crewmen John Mere (21 years) and Siegmund Masierowski (19 years) of Ceduna, sailed from Port Adelaide for a shark fishing trip off the south coast of Kangaroo Island. After fis
The oddity, explained
Why is Amber Star unusual?
Amber Star appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Amber Star was a cutter built in 1966 and lost on 14/01/1973. On 7 January, 1973, Amber Star, skippered by her part owner Gus Mere, with crewmen John Mere (21 years) and Siegmund Masierowski (19 years) of Ceduna, sailed from Port Adelaide for a shark fishing trip off the south coast of Kangaroo Island. After fis. 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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