Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Mars
Weir Cove, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Mars was a cutter built in 1891 and lost on 20/07/1957. On 16 July 1957 the Mars, skippered by Jerry Jelinek and with two crew, sailed from Port Adelaide to Kangaroo Island on a shark-fishing trip. The next evening, as they arrived in Weir Cove, a north-westerly gale was blowing, accompanied by rain. Two d
The oddity, explained
Why is Mars unusual?
Mars appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Mars was a cutter built in 1891 and lost on 20/07/1957. On 16 July 1957 the Mars, skippered by Jerry Jelinek and with two crew, sailed from Port Adelaide to Kangaroo Island on a shark-fishing trip. The next evening, as they arrived in Weir Cove, a north-westerly gale was blowing, accompanied by rain. Two d. 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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