Mount Longdon, East Falkland

E255665

hill mountain

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Mount Longdon, East Falkland canonical	1
Mount Longdon, Falkland Islands	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hill ⓘ mountain ⓘ
associatedWith	Argentine 7th Infantry Regiment ⓘ Parachute Regiment ⓘ surface form: British Parachute Regiment
attackingForce	British Army ⓘ
attackingUnit	3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Falkland Islands (British Overseas Territory)
defendingForce	Argentine Army ⓘ
defendingUnit	Argentine 7th Infantry Regiment ⓘ surface form: 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	East Falkland ⓘ surface form: Islas Malvinas / Falkland Islands
memorializedBy	regimental commemorations of 3 PARA ⓘ
operationType	night infantry assault ⓘ
partOf	East Falkland ⓘ surface form: East Falkland Island 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Battle of Mount Longdon → location → Mount Longdon, East Falkland ⓘ

Sergeant Ian McKay → placeOfDeath → Mount Longdon, East Falkland ⓘ

subject surface form: Ian McKay

this entity surface form: Mount Longdon, Falkland Islands