CARAVELLAS, a small seaport of southern Bahia, Brazil. on the Caravellas river a few miles above its mouth, which is dangerously obstructed by sandbars. Population (192o) 9,966. Caravellas was once the centre of a flourishing whale fishery, but has since fallen into decay. It is the port of the Bahia and Minas railway, whose traffic is comparatively unimportant.