Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Commodore
Commodore Point, Port Elliot, South Australia.
Commodore was a schooner built in 1818 and lost on 29/02/1856. When the schooner arrived at Port Elliott on 28 February 1856, Captain Smith ignored the services of a pilot and instead chose to anchor in an exposed position 50 m from Commodore Point. Despite gusty wind conditions, Commodore remained in this dangerous
The oddity, explained
Why is Commodore unusual?
Commodore appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Commodore was a schooner built in 1818 and lost on 29/02/1856. When the schooner arrived at Port Elliott on 28 February 1856, Captain Smith ignored the services of a pilot and instead chose to anchor in an exposed position 50 m from Commodore Point. Despite gusty wind conditions, Commodore remained in this dangerous. 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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