Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Westward
35 miles WSW of Rocky Island, South Australia
Westward was a cutter built in 1964 and lost on 11/03/1983. On 11 March 1983 Westward was shark fishing in company with the fishing vessel Ostijek off the Continental shelf, 35 nautical miles west-south-west of Rocky Island, when it was wracked by a powerful jolt which stalled its engine, possibly caused by a rop
The oddity, explained
Why is Westward unusual?
Westward appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Westward was a cutter built in 1964 and lost on 11/03/1983. On 11 March 1983 Westward was shark fishing in company with the fishing vessel Ostijek off the Continental shelf, 35 nautical miles west-south-west of Rocky Island, when it was wracked by a powerful jolt which stalled its engine, possibly caused by a rop. 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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