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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | It is named for the Tryall, the first known shipwreck in Australian waters, which sunk after striking the then-uncharted rocks in 1622. | + | It is named for the Tryall, the first known [[shipwreck]] in Australian waters, which sunk after striking the then-uncharted rocks in 1622. |
Described as "the theme and dread of every voyager to the eastern islands for the last two centuries", their location was sought for over three centuries before finally being determined in 1969. | Described as "the theme and dread of every voyager to the eastern islands for the last two centuries", their location was sought for over three centuries before finally being determined in 1969. | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Shipwreck]] |
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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| + | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tryal_Rocks Rocks]] @ Wikipedia | ||
[[Category:Geography]] | [[Category:Geography]] | ||
[[Category:Islands and reefs]] | [[Category:Islands and reefs]] | ||
[[Category:Navigation]] | [[Category:Navigation]] | ||
Revision as of 04:40, 3 April 2016
Tryal Rocks, sometimes spelled Trial Rocks or Tryall Rocks, formerly known as Ritchie's Reef or the Greyhound's Shoal, is a reef of rock located in the Indian Ocean off the northwest coast of Australia, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) northwest of the outer edge of the Montebello Islands group.
Description
It is named for the Tryall, the first known shipwreck in Australian waters, which sunk after striking the then-uncharted rocks in 1622.
Described as "the theme and dread of every voyager to the eastern islands for the last two centuries", their location was sought for over three centuries before finally being determined in 1969.
See also
External links
- Rocks] @ Wikipedia
