Sorelle Rocks

{{Short description|Tunisian geological marine feature}} The '''Sorelle Rocks''' (also called the '''Sorelle Reef''' and the '''Sorelli Rocks''') are two submerged rocks approximately {{convert|20|mi|km|0}} west of the Galite Islands of Tunisia, at approximately {{coord|37|24|N|8|36|E|type:landmark_region:MT}}.<ref>{{cite book | last = Smyth | first = William Henry | title = The Mediterranean: A Memoir Physical, Historical, and Nautical | publisher = John W. Parker and Son | date = 1854 | location = London | page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_N20SAAAAYAAJ/page/n471 457] | url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_N20SAAAAYAAJ }}</ref>

In form they are two submerged plateaux extending from the north-west to the south-east about {{convert|169|ft|m|0}} apart and separated by a channel of {{convert|39|-|49|ft|m|0}} depth. The north-west rock is approximately {{convert|66|ft|m}} in diameter, and {{convert|16|ft|m|1}} under water, while the south-east rock is {{convert|197|ft|m|0}} in diameter and lies only {{convert|4|ft|m|1}} under water.<ref name=gilly>{{cite book | last = Gilly | first = William Octavius Shakespeare |author2=William Stephen Gilly | title = Narratives of shipwrecks of the Royal navy between 1793 and 1849 | publisher = John W. Parker | date = 1850 | location = London | pages = 308–309 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pDsIAAAAQAAJ }}</ref>

HMS ''Avenger'' ran aground on the Sorelle Rocks in 1847 with great loss of life.<ref name=gilly/>

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Category:Landforms of Tunisia Category:Reefs of the Mediterranean Sea