Hell's Gates

This article describes the strait off the coast of Tasmania. There is a risk of confusion with the Hell Gates strait in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands and the Hells Gate strait off the east coast of Victoria Land in Antarctica.

Hell's Gates
Hells Gates, seen from the sea, on the left the lighthouse of Entrance Island .
Connects waters	Indian Ocean
with water	Macquarie Harbor
Separates land mass	Tasmania
of land mass	Tasmania
Data
Geographical location	42 ° 13 '9 "  S , 145 ° 13' 12"  O Coordinates: 42 ° 13 '9 "  S , 145 ° 13' 12"  O

Hells Gates (actually Hell's Gates , German  gates of hell ) is the name of the strait that forms the access to Macquarie Harbor in western Tasmania . The strait is known for its treacherous currents and shallows .

The name comes from the inmates of the Macquarie Harbor penal colony in the 19th century, as the new inmates arrived at the penal colony across the strait. The strait was gradually dredged from 1909 to allow larger ships to access the port.

Web links

• Lighthouses at Hells Gates

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Maxwell-Stewart, Hamish (2008) Closing Hell's Gates, the death of a convict station Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin ISBN 978-1-74175-149-9 .