Caleta Olivia is a city located at the northeast of the Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 province

Provinces of Argentina

Argentina is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city...

 of Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz Province (Argentina)

Santa Cruz is a province of Argentina, located in the southern part of the country, in Patagonia. It borders Chubut province to the north, and Chile to the west and south. To the east is the Atlantic Ocean...

, on the San Jorge Gulf by the Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

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. It has a population of 36,000 inhabitants . It is the second most important city of the province after Rio Gallegos, and the most populated of the Deseado Department

Deseado Department

Deseado Department is a department in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It has a population of 72,953 and an area of 63,784 km². The seat of the department is in Puerto Deseado.-Municipalities:* Caleta Olivia* Cañadón Seco* Fitz Roy* Jaramillo...

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The city was founded on November 20, 1901 by Navy Lieutenant Exequiel Guttero, captain of the Guardia Nacional, a ship which was transporting cables, equipment and workers for the construction of a telegraph line south of Comodoro Rivadavia

Comodoro Rivadavia

Comodoro Rivadavia is a city in the Patagonian province of Chubut in southern Argentina, located on the San Jorge Gulf, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, at the foot of the Chenque Hill. Comodoro Rivadavia is the most important city of the San Jorge Basin....

. The settlement was given the name of his wife Olivia (caleta means "small bay", "inlet").

The main economic activities around the city are the petroleum

Petroleum

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, sheep and fishing

Fishing

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. Its port serves both as a fishing centre, and as an exportation point for other locally produced goods.

In spite of the southern position of the city, it has moderate temperatures due to the regulation of the ocean, with beaches visited during sunny days in summer, where different water and sand sports are practiced.

Among the monuments of the city, probably the most characteristic is that of "El Gorosito", build to honour the petroleum industry worker.