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Pleasant Peak
The memorial on Pleasant Peak
Highest point
Coordinates	51°46′55.85″S 58°28′22.13″W / 51.7821806°S 58.4728139°W / -51.7821806; -58.4728139
Geography
Pleasant PeakEast Falkland, Falkland Islands, south Atlantic Ocean

Pleasant Peak is a location on the Falkland Islands, East Falkland, two miles (3.2 km) north of RAF Mount Pleasant.

History

The mountain was the site of the 1982 British Army Gazelle friendly fire incident when HMS Cardiff shot down a British Army Gazelle helicopter, killing its four occupants.

When the adjacent Mount Pleasant Complex was being constructed in the aftermath of the Falkland conflict, a quarry was opened up on the lower slopes of Pleasant Peak to supply hard rock (quartzite) for the construction of the foundations and a base for the runway.

References

1. "View from Pleasant Peak - Falkland Islands". www.british-towns.net. Retrieved 3 May 2008.
2. Ranter, Harro. "Westland Gazelle AH1 XX377 accident, 6 Jun 1982". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
3. Aldis, E. T.; Edwards, D. J. (1999). "The Geology of the Falkland Islands" (PDF). nerc.ac.uk. British Geological Survey. p. 208. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

v t e Mountains and hills of the Falkland Islands
East Falkland Island	Mount Challenger Mount Longdon Mount Harriett Mount Kent Mount Low Mount Simon Mount Tumbledown Smoko Mount Mount Usborne Jack's Mountain Mount Wickham Pleasant Peak
West Falkland Island	Mount Sulivan Mount Young Mount Edgeworth Mount Emery Mount Sulivan Storm Mountain Byron Heights Mount Adam Mount Maria Mount Robinson
Weddell Island	Circum Peak Chatham Hill Pitt Heights Mount Weddell
See also: List of mountains and hills of the Falkland Islands

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