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Hell's Gate, the entrance to Macquarie Harbour, viewed from outside
Credit: Scott Davis

Hell's Gate is the name of the mouth of Macquarie Harbour on the West Coast of Tasmania. It is a notoriously shallow and dangerous channel entrance to the harbour. The actual channel is between Cape Sorell on the west and Entrance Island on the east (the harbour is southeast of Hell's Gates). There is a wider area of water between Entrance Island and Macquarie Head, but it is too shallow to get a boat over.