Pleasant Peak
Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox mountain Pleasant Peak is a location on the Falkland Islands, East Falkland, Script error: No such module "convert". north of RAF Mount Pleasant.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3]
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