Carlita Island
| Carlita Island | ||
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| Waters | Cumberland West Bay | |
| Archipelago | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 14 ′ S , 36 ° 38 ′ W | |
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Carlita Island is a small island in the Cumberland West Bay of South Georgia . It is located immediately south of Islet Point before the entrance to Carlita Bay .
The island is named after the naming of the neighboring bay of the same name. It is named after the whaling ship Carlita , built in 1907 by the fishing company Compañía Argentina de Pesca, founded by the Norwegian entrepreneur Carl Anton Larsen .
Web links
- Carlita Island . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)