Rosita Harbor is a small bay

Bay

A bay is an area of water mostly surrounded by land. Bays generally have calmer waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some waves and often reducing winds. Bays also exist as an inlet in a lake or pond. A large bay may be called a gulf, a sea, a sound, or a bight...

 lying 1 miles (1.6 km) north of Camp Bay

Camp Bay

Camp Bay is a small bay between Rosita Harbour and Sunset Fjord, in the west side of the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. It was charted in 1929 by DI personnel and so named because a temporary camp was set up on its southern shore....

 in the west side of the Bay of Isles

Bay of Isles

The Bay of Isles is a bay wide and receding , lying between Cape Buller and Cape Wilson along the north coast of South Georgia. It was discovered in 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook and so named by him because numerous islands lie in the bay, many of which are named after local birds...

, South Georgia. The names Rosita Harbour and Allardyce Harbour were given for this bay in the period 1905-12, and both have since appeared on maps for this feature. Following a survey of South Georgia in 1951-52, the South Georgia Survey reported that the feature is known locally as Rosita Harbour, and this name is approved on that basis. The name Allardyce is rejected as applied to this feature; the main mountain

Mountain

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 range at South Georgia is already named for William L. Allardyce. Rosita Harbour is named after the Co., which started operating with the company in 1905, and which anchored in this bay.

A licence was held here for a whaling

Whaling

Whaling is the hunting of whales mainly for meat and oil. Its earliest forms date to at least 3000 BC. Various coastal communities have long histories of sustenance whaling and harvesting beached whales...

 station between 1909-23, but no buildings were ever erected. Instead, the leasers operated out of Leith Harbour

Leith Harbour

Leith Harbour , also known as Port Leith, was a whaling station up on the northeast coast of South Georgia, established and operated by Christian Salvesen Ltd, Edinburgh. The station was in operation from 1909 until 1965. It was the largest of seven whaling stations, situated near the mouth of...