Sapper Hill
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hill, battlefield, place with historical importance
Sapper Hill is a 453ft high hill lying to the South of Stanley. It's location at the end of the Wickham Heights chain meant it had great strategic importance during the Falklands War of 1982, and on June 14th, 1982 British and Argentine forces fought one of the final battles of the war on its Southern and Western flanks. Today the hill remains extensively mined though several large tracts of the defensive Argentine minefield have been cleared.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapper_Hill
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Coordinates: 51°42'6"S 57°53'36"W
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