Sapper Hill

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Gaucho stone corral at Sapper Hill, (120 m in diameter,
3 m high); dated 1840s

Sapper Hill (453 ft) is on East Falkland, Falkland Islands, ^[1]. It is just to the south of Stanley, and is heavily mined from the Falklands War. It is named after a company of sappers who were based at Moody Brook barracks.

[edit] Falklands War

Because of its proximity to Stanley, Sapper Hill was of huge strategic importance.

As part of the British plan in the Battle of Mount Tumbledown, the 1st Battalion the 7th Gurkha Rifles (1/7 GR) was given the task of capturing the sub-hill of Mount William held by O Company, the 5th Marine Battalion's reserve, and then allow the Welsh Guards through to seize Sapper Hill, the final obstacle before Stanley. The attacks was supported by naval gunfire from HMS Active's 4.5 inch gun.