Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Atalanta
Emu Green, Ravine Des Casoars, western end of Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
Atalanta was a cutter built in and lost on 28/11/1860. The Atalanta was heading from Nepean Bay, Kangaroo Island to Port Lincoln for a fishing cruise on 29 November 1860. There were two men on board. During heavy weather the Atalanta ran for shelter at Emu Green, a small bay on the west coast of Kangaroo Isl
The oddity, explained
Why is Atalanta unusual?
Atalanta appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Atalanta was a cutter built in and lost on 28/11/1860. The Atalanta was heading from Nepean Bay, Kangaroo Island to Port Lincoln for a fishing cruise on 29 November 1860. There were two men on board. During heavy weather the Atalanta ran for shelter at Emu Green, a small bay on the west coast of Kangaroo Isl. 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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