Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Maris Stella
The Granites, north of Point Westall, South Australia
Maris Stella was a cutter built in 1931 and lost on 24/04/1975. On 24 April 1975, the lobster fishing vessel Maris Stella was heading from Point Westall to Granite Point on autopilot, while the skipper John Sundelius was baiting pots on the deck. A swell caught him off balance and caused him to fall over the side of
The oddity, explained
Why is Maris Stella unusual?
Maris Stella appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Maris Stella was a cutter built in 1931 and lost on 24/04/1975. On 24 April 1975, the lobster fishing vessel Maris Stella was heading from Point Westall to Granite Point on autopilot, while the skipper John Sundelius was baiting pots on the deck. A swell caught him off balance and caused him to fall over the side of. 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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