Mount Longdon

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

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Mount Longdon canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battlefield
mountain
approxArgentineKilled 31
approxBritishKilled 23
associatedWith 3 PARA
Argentine 7th Infantry Regiment
attackedBy 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
British Army
battleDate 1982-06-11
1982-06-12
battleType night attack
casualtiesSide Argentine forces
linked to: Argentine Army

British forces
conflict Falklands War
country Falkland Islands (British Overseas Territory)
linked to: Falkland Islands
currentUse battlefield tourism
military history education
defendedBy Argentine Army
defendedByUnit 10th Armored Cavalry Squadron (Argentina)
7th Infantry Regiment (Argentina)
hasMemorial Argentine war memorial
British war memorial
hasRemainsOf foxholes
military hardware fragments
trenches
hasStrategicSignificance high ground overlooking approaches to Port Stanley
hasWarCemeteries Argentine military graves
British military graves
historicalPeriod 20th century
locatedIn East Falkland
Falkland Islands
locatedWestOf Port Stanley
nearbyFeature Mount Harriet
Two Sisters (Falkland Islands)
linked to: East Falkland
nearbySettlement Port Stanley
overlooks approaches to Port Stanley
partOf Islas Malvinas
linked to: Falkland Islands
partOfCampaign Battle for Port Stanley
region South Atlantic
resultOfBattle British victory
sovereignStateClaimedBy Argentina
United Kingdom
terrainType rocky hill
usedFor defensive positions
military observation
wasSiteOf Battle of Mount Longdon

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

Parachute Regiment battleHonour Mount Longdon
Tumbledown Mountain nearbyFeature Mount Longdon
East Falkland hasNotableMountain Mount Longdon
Mount Harriet near Mount Longdon