Mount Kent
Mountain in the Falkland Islands
Mount Kent
East Falkland, Falkland Islands, south Atlantic Ocean
Mount Kent is a mountain on East Falkland, Falkland Islands,[1] and is 1,093 ft (333 m) high.[2] It is located north of Mount Challenger.
History
The mountain saw action during the Falklands War during the Assault on Mount Kent, part of the larger Battle of Mount Harriet. Some of the location is still mined.
The mountain's top is occupied by the RRH Mount Kent (Remote Radar Head Mount Kent) of the British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI),[3] part of an early warning and airspace control network including also RRH Mount Alice and RRH Byron Heights on West Falkland.
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Falkland Islands
Capital: Port Stanley
- 1770 Falklands crisis
- 1833 British Reassertion
- Hope Place
- Port Egmont
- Puerto Soledad
- 1982 invasion
- Falklands War
- Falkland Islands Company
- Falkland Islands Development Corporation
- Falkland Islands General Employees Union
- Falkland Landholdings Corporation
- Falklands Oil and Gas
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