Shag Cove Explained

-51.596°N -59.569°WShag Cove is a bay in the east of West Falkland, between Mount Maria and Mount Moody on Falkland Sound.

During the Falklands War, two Pumas and an Agusta A109 Hirundo helicopters were destroyed by British GR3 Harrier jets here, when trying to extract the Argentine 601 Commando Company.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Bicheno, Hugh (2006) Razor's Edge: The Unofficial History of the Falklands War. London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson.

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