Rosita Harbour

Sealion in Rosita Harbour

Rosita Harbour is a little bay on the north-west side of the Bay of Isles on the north coast of South Georgia.

The bay was named 'Allardyce Harbour' by H. N. Henriksen, Manager of Messrs Salvesen and Company, South Georgia, after Sir William Lamond Allardyce (1861-1930), Governor of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies, 1904-14. It was also called 'Rosita Bay' after the whale catcher Rosita of the Salvesen fleet, which started operating with the company in 1905 and which anchored in this harbour. Both names were used on late charts.

The name 'Rosita Harbour' was established following the South Georgia Survey of 1951-52, which reported that the feature is known locally by this name.

The harbour was charted from RRS Shackleton in 1958.

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Location

• Location map: 54°-0’56"S, 37°26’33"W

References

• Gazetteer and Map of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Rosita Harbour