Sorelle Rocks

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The Sorelle Rocks (also called the Sorelle Reef and the Sorelli Rocks) are two submerged rocks approximately 11 miles (18 km) west of Galita Island near Malta, at approximately 37°24′N, 8°36′30.[1]

In form they are two submerged plateaux extending from the north-west to the south-east about 169 feet (52 m) apart and separated by a channel of 39 feet (12 m) - 49 feet (15 m) depth. The north-west rock is approximately 66 feet (20 m) in diameter, and 16 feet (4.9 m) under water, while the south-east rock is 197 feet (60 m) in diameter and lies only 4 feet (1.2 m) under water.[2]

HMS Avenger ran aground on the Sorelle Rocks in 1845 with great loss of life.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Smyth, William Henry (1854). The Mediterranean: A Memoir Physical, Historical, and Nautical. London: John W. Parker and Son, p. 457. 
  2. ^ a b Gilly, William O.S. (1850). Narratives of shipwrecks of the Royal navy between 1793 and 1849. London: John W. Parker, pp. 308-309. 
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