Sorelle Rocks

The Sorelle Rocks (also called the Sorelle Reef and the Sorelli Rocks) are two submerged rocks approximately 20 mi west of the Galite Islands of Tunisia, at approximately 37.4°N, 8.6°W.

In form they are two submerged plateaux extending from the north-west to the south-east about 169 ft apart and separated by a channel of 39 - 49 ft depth. The north-west rock is approximately 66 ft in diameter, and 16 ft under water, while the south-east rock is 197 ft in diameter and lies only 4 ft under water.

HMS Avenger ran aground on the Sorelle Rocks in 1847 with great loss of life.