Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Velebit
6 miles west of Point Sinclair, South Australia
Velebit was a none built in 1970 and lost on 11/01/1984. Velebit left with the master, Nedo Perin, and seven crew, from Streaky Bay to fish for tuna in the Great Australian Bight in early January 1984. On 11 January whilst proceeding from Nuyts Reef, south of Fowlers Bay, to Point Bell on the coast to the east
The oddity, explained
Why is Velebit unusual?
Velebit appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Velebit was a none built in 1970 and lost on 11/01/1984. Velebit left with the master, Nedo Perin, and seven crew, from Streaky Bay to fish for tuna in the Great Australian Bight in early January 1984. On 11 January whilst proceeding from Nuyts Reef, south of Fowlers Bay, to Point Bell on the coast to the east. 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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