Carlita Bay
Cumberland West Bay is a bay forming the western arm of Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. It is entered southward of Larsen Point, where it is 2.5 miles wide and extends 7 miles in a southwest direction.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Also known as: “Ganse Bukta” and “Horseshoe Bay”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Foxtail Peak.
Foxtail Peak
Peak
Foxtail Peak is a peak, 455 metres high, on the north side of Neumayer Glacier, 2 nautical miles west of Carlita Bay, South Georgia. It was charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Otto Nordenskiöld.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Husvik and Grytviken.
Husvik
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Husvik is a former whaling station on the north-central coast of South Georgia Island. It was one of three such stations in Stromness Bay, the other two being Stromness and Leith Harbour.
Grytviken
Photo: Jens Bludau, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grytviken is a former whaling station on South Georgia Island. It was founded in 1904 as it had the best harbour on this storm-wracked island, with flat ice-free terrain and a fresh water supply.
Carlita Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-54.24056° or 54° 14′ 26″ southLongitude
-36.63959° or 36° 38′ 23″ westElevation
325 metres (1,066 feet)Open location code
39Q5Q956+Q5OpenStreetMap ID
node 3721643942OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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Satellite Map
Discover Carlita Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Carlita Bay” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “卡利塔灣”
- German: “Carlita Bay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Carlita Bay”
- Spanish: “Bahia Carlita”
- Spanish: “Bahía Carlita”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Islet Point and Tweeney Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Carlita Island and Cachalote Peak.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Carlita Bay”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.