Mount Longdon

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battlefield mountain

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

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 → British forces →
conflict	Falklands War →
country	Falkland Islands (British Overseas Territory) →
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) →
nearbySettlement	Port Stanley →
overlooks	approaches to Port Stanley →
partOf	Islas Malvinas →
partOfCampaign	Battle for Port Stanley →
region	South Atlantic →
resultOfBattle	British victory →
sovereignStateClaimedBy	Argentina → United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
terrainType	rocky hill →
usedFor	defensive positions → military observation →
wasSiteOf	Battle of Mount Longdon →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Parachute Regiment →	battleHonour