Maritime History

Hells Gates (Tasmania)

Hells Gates is the name of the mouth of Macquarie Harbour on the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia. It is a notoriously shallow and dangerous channel entrance to the harbour. The actual channel is between Macquarie Heads on the west and Entrance Island on the east (the main length of the harbour runs southeast of Hells Gates). There is a wider area of water between Entrance Island and the eastern shore, but it is too shallow to get a boat over. Braddon Point is the name of the feature on the eastern shore, while the shallow water south of the point is named Fraser Flats, and the channel adjacent to the breakwater is known as Kelly Channel.

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See also

• ▸History of radar
• ▸Edward L. Atkinson
• ▸HMAS Whyalla (J153)

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