Mount Kent

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| photo_caption = Stone run at Mount Kent

| elevation = 458 m (1,501 ft){{cite web |url=https://opentopomap.org/#marker=12/-51.566/-58.473 |title=Topographic map of Mount Kent |publisher=OpenTopoMap |access-date=20 October 2024}}

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| location = East Falkland, Falkland Islands, south Atlantic Ocean

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Mount Kent is a hill on East Falkland, Falkland Islands,Strange, Ian (1983) The Falkland Islands and is 458 m (1,501 ft) high.Mount Kent - Falkland Islands at Peakery.com

It is located north of Mount Challenger.

History

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The hill 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 hill's top is occupied by the RRH Mount Kent (Remote Radar Head Mount Kent) of the British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI),[https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/operation-black-buck/post-conflict-and-raf-stanley/ Post Conflict and RAF Stanley.] Think Defence Website, 2017 part of an early warning and airspace control network including also RRH Mount Alice and RRH Byron Heights on West Falkland.

References

Kent

Category:Military of the Falkland Islands