Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Eclipse
Wolff Reef, near Reef Points, between Wardang Island and Balgowan, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Eclipse was a ketch built in 1864 and lost on 30/04/1929. At 1:00 am in the morning squally weather conditions and a westerly wind drove the vessel off course where it struck the inside of Wolff Reef.
The oddity, explained
Why is Eclipse unusual?
Eclipse appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Eclipse was a ketch built in 1864 and lost on 30/04/1929. At 1:00 am in the morning squally weather conditions and a westerly wind drove the vessel off course where it struck the inside of Wolff Reef. 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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