- Sorelle Rocks
The Sorelle Rocks (also called the Sorelle Reef and the Sorelli Rocks) are two submerged rocks approximately convert|11|mi|km west of
Galita Island nearMalta , at approximately coord|37|24|N|8|36|E|type:rocks_region:ME. [cite book | last = Smyth | first = William Henry | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = The Mediterranean: A Memoir Physical, Historical, and Nautical | publisher = John W. Parker and Son | date = 1854 | location = London | pages = p. 457 | url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=N20SAAAAYAAJ | doi = | id = | isbn = ]In form they are two submerged plateaux extending from the north-west to the south-east about convert|169|ft|m apart and separated by a channel of convert|39|ft|m - convert|49|ft|m depth. The north-west rock is approximately convert|66|ft|m in diameter, and convert|16|ft|m under water, while the south-east rock is convert|197|ft|m in diameter and lies only convert|4|ft|m under water.cite book | last = Gilly | first = William O.S. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Narratives of shipwrecks of the Royal navy between 1793 and 1849 | publisher = John W. Parker | date = 1850 | location = London | pages = pp. 308-309 | url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pDsIAAAAQAAJ | doi = | id = | isbn = ]
HMS "Avenger" ran aground on the Sorelle Rocks in 1845 with great loss of life.
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