Mount Longdon, East Falkland

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Mount Longdon, East Falkland is a strategically significant hill on East Falkland Island that was the site of a major land battle during the 1982 Falklands War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hill ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
associatedWith Argentine 7th Infantry Regiment ⓘ
British Parachute Regiment ⓘ
linked to: Parachute Regiment
attackingForce British Army ⓘ
attackingUnit 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (3 PARA) ⓘ
45 Commando Royal Marines (supporting elements) ⓘ
battleDate June 11–12, 1982 ⓘ
belligerent Argentina ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
category Battlefield of the Falklands War ⓘ
Mountains of East Falkland ⓘ
conflict Falklands War ⓘ
controlledByAfterBattle United Kingdom ⓘ
country Falkland Islands (British Overseas Territory) ⓘ
linked to: Falkland Islands
defendingForce Argentine Army ⓘ
defendingUnit Argentine 7th Infantry Regiment elements ⓘ
distanceTo approximately 8–10 km west of Stanley ⓘ
hasCemeteryNearby Argentine military cemetery at Darwin (regional context) ⓘ
hasCommemorativeDate annual remembrance around 11–12 June ⓘ
hasFeature trenches and former defensive positions still visible ⓘ
hasLanguageContext English name: Mount Longdon ⓘ
Spanish name usage: Monte Longdon ⓘ
hasMemorial memorials to Argentine soldiers ⓘ
war memorial to British soldiers ⓘ
hasStrategicSignificance high ground overlooking approaches to Stanley ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Mount Longdon ⓘ
locatedIn East Falkland ⓘ
Falkland Islands ⓘ
locatedNear Stanley ⓘ
locatedOn Islas Malvinas / Falkland Islands ⓘ
linked to: East Falkland
memorializedBy regimental commemorations of 3 PARA ⓘ
operationType night infantry assault ⓘ
partOf East Falkland Island ⓘ
linked to: East Falkland

Falklands War land operations around Stanley ⓘ
partOfOperation British land campaign to retake Stanley ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
significance key objective in the final phase of the Falklands ground campaign ⓘ
terrainFeature exposed ridgeline ⓘ
rocky slopes ⓘ
usedFor artillery observation ⓘ
defensive positions ⓘ
visitedFor battlefield tours ⓘ
military history tourism ⓘ
yearOfEvent 1982 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Mount Longdon → location → Mount Longdon, East Falkland ⓘ
Ian McKay → placeOfDeath → Mount Longdon, Falkland Islands ⓘ
subject linked to: Sergeant Ian McKay
linked to: Mount Longdon, East Falkland
Mount Tumbledown, East Falkland → adjacentTo → Mount Longdon, East Falkland ⓘ
Mount Tumbledown, East Falkland → hasViewOf → Mount Longdon, East Falkland ⓘ