Pleasant Peak

Pleasant Peak is a location on the Falkland Islands, East Falkland, 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 for the construction of the foundations and a base for the runway.