Goose Green, East Falkland

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Goose Green, East Falkland is a small settlement on East Falkland in the Falkland Islands, best known as the site of a major battle during the 1982 Falklands War.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Goose Green, East Falkland canonical 2
Darwin, East Falkland 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement ⓘ
village ⓘ
administrativeCentreFor surrounding sheep farming area ⓘ
battleDate 28–29 May 1982 ⓘ
bridgeTypeNearby Bodie Creek suspension bridge ⓘ
conflict Falklands War ⓘ
controlledByDuringBattle Argentina ⓘ
country Falkland Islands ⓘ
distanceToDarwin about 2 miles ⓘ
economicActivity wool production ⓘ
eventOccurredHere Battle of Goose Green ⓘ
garrisonedBy Argentine forces in 1982 ⓘ
governedBy Falkland Islands Government ⓘ
hasAccommodation limited guest or bunkhouse facilities for visitors ⓘ
hasAirfield Goose Green airstrip ⓘ
hasCemetery Goose Green war cemetery ⓘ
hasClimate cool oceanic climate ⓘ
hasCommunityHall Goose Green community hall ⓘ
hasLandUse sheep station ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature Bodie Creek Bridge ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Darwin, East Falkland ⓘ
hasPostalService Falkland Islands postal system ⓘ
hasPowerSupply local settlement power generation ⓘ
hasPrimaryIndustry sheep farming ⓘ
hasSchool Goose Green school ⓘ
hasStore settlement store ⓘ
hasWarMemorial Battle of Goose Green memorial ⓘ
historicalSignificance first major land victory for British forces in Falklands War ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Goose Green ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
linked to: Falkland Islands

South Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: South Atlantic
locatedOn East Falkland ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody Brenton Loch ⓘ
Choiseul Sound ⓘ
notableBuilding Goose Green community hall used as Argentine detention centre in 1982 ⓘ
partOf Lafonia ⓘ
population small ⓘ
populationTrend sparse rural population ⓘ
recapturedBy United Kingdom ⓘ
region southern East Falkland ⓘ
sovereignState United Kingdom ⓘ
timeZone FKST ⓘ
tourismType battlefield tourism ⓘ
rural and wildlife tourism ⓘ
transportConnection road to Stanley, Falkland Islands ⓘ
usedAs site for Argentine prisoner-of-war holding during 1982 battle ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Herbert Jones → placeOfDeath → Goose Green, East Falkland ⓘ
Argentine 25th Infantry Regiment elements → locationDuringConflict → Darwin, East Falkland ⓘ
linked to: Goose Green, East Falkland