Pebble Island
| Pebble Island | |
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| Waters | South Atlantic |
| Archipelago | Falkland Islands |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 18 ′ S , 59 ° 38 ′ W |
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| length | 30 km |
| width | 7 km |
| surface | 88 km² |
| Highest elevation | First Mountain 277 m |
| main place | (Pebble Island Settlement) |
Pebble Island ( Spanish : Isla Borbón ) is one of the larger Falkland Islands with 88 km² . The island is located north of West Falkland at the north-western end of the archipelago and has been used as sheep pasture by British settlers since 1846 .
The island has a hotel, an airfield and a golf course. It is divided into the marshland in the east and the mountainous west. At 6.4 kilometers, the longest sandy beach in the Falklands, Elephant Beach , is partly used as a landing strip.
In the Falklands War , the island was occupied by Argentina , who set up a military airfield . British SAS commandos, supported by warships, however, destroyed the base in a commando operation on the night of May 14th to 15th, 1982.
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- ↑ Discover Pebble Island, Falklands. Retrieved February 5, 2020 .
- ^ Thompson: 3rd Commando Brigade in the Falklands. 2008, p. 47ff; Middlebrook: Task Force. The Falklands War 1982. 1987, pp. 190ff