Mount Longdon
One of the bloodiest battlefields of the Falklands War, where British paratroopers fought through the night. A memorial cross stands on the summit.
Mount Longdon lies about 10 km northwest of Stanley. On the night of 11–12 June 1982, the 3rd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment fought close-quarters battles with Argentine defenders, in the heaviest fighting of the entire war. The hill retains Argentine artillery, anti-tank guns and bunker remains, as well as memorials to the British and Argentine dead, and the atmosphere is sombre. It is usually visited together with Mount Tumbledown and Wireless Ridge as a half-day battlefield tour by four-wheel drive. Please do not touch any remaining weapons.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Mount Tumbledown
- Government House, Stanley
- 1982 Liberation Memorial
- Historic Dockyard Museum
- Christ Church Cathedral & Whalebone Arch
- Ross Road Waterfront, Stanley
- Gypsy Cove
- Lady Elizabeth Shipwreck