Pebble Island is one of the Falkland Islands, situated north of West Falkland. It is possibly named after the peculiarly spherical pebbles found at its...
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The raid on Pebble Island was a raid by British Special Forces on Pebble Island's airfield during the Falklands War, and took place on the night of 14–15...
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Jason Island Steeple Jason Island Passage Islands Pebble Island East Island Golding Island Pebble Islet Rabbit Island Saunders Island Swan Islands North...
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Carcass Island, George Island, Jason Islands, Keppel Island, Lively Island, New Island, Pebble Island, Saunders Island, Sealion Island, Speedwell Island, Staats...
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New Island) North Arm Settlement (Lafonia/East Falkland) Orqueta (Horqueta) (East Falkland) Pebble Island Settlement (Pebble Island Farm) (on Pebble Island)...
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garrison occupying South Georgia. Shortly afterwards he led the Raid on Pebble Island, which resulted in the destruction of eleven FMA IA 58 Pucará and T-34...
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A pebble is a clast of rock with a particle size of 4–64 mm (0.16–2.52 in) based on the Udden-Wentworth scale of sedimentology. Pebbles are generally...
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helicopters. Over the night 14/15 May, D Squadron SAS carried out the raid on Pebble Island airstrip on West Falkland. The force of 20 men from Mountain Troop,...
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Falklands War (redirect from Falkland Islands War)
civilian flight back to the UK. On 14 May the SAS carried out a raid on Pebble Island on the Falklands, where the Argentine Navy had taken over a grass airstrip...
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pebble in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A pebble is a small clast of rock. Pebble may also refer to: Pebble Island Pebble Island Settlement Pebble...
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Virgin Mary Jason Islands - Isla Sebaldes - Sebald de Weert Pebble Island - Isla (de) Borbón/Isla Bourbon - House of Bourbon Weddell Island - Isla San José...
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trap worked, with FAA A-4B Skyhawk C-244 of Grupo 5 shot down north of Pebble Island by a Sea Dart. Pilot Capitán Hugo Ángel del Valle Palaver was killed...
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Operation Paraquet, 25 April 1982, successful recapture of the Island of South Georgia. Pebble Island Raid, 14–15 May 1982, successful attack on Argentinian-held...
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Ecological Reserve in 1983, its name was changed from "Pebble Island" to "Pee Pee Island". Pee Pee Island provides a breeding ground for up to 1300 pairs of...
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while D and G squadrons were deployed and participated in the raid on Pebble Island. Operation Flavius was a controversial operation in Gibraltar against...
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Argentine air forces in the Falklands War (category 1982 in the Falkland Islands)
Falkland Islands FMA IA 58 Pucará Air Force Anti-aircraft cannons Air Force NAS Calderon, Pebble Island grass airfield, Falkland Islands FMA IA 58 Pucará...
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Carcass Island, being in the west of the archipelago, was nearest to continental Argentine bases; 2) its proximity to the airbase on Pebble Island; and 3)...
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The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, held annually at Pebble Beach, California, near Carmel. The tournament...
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West Falkland (category Islands of the Falkland Islands)
raid on Pebble Island has gone down in British Special Forces history. "2016 Census Report". Policy and Economic Development Unit, Falkland Islands Government...
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and near Keppel and Pebble Islands. It has a complex shape, with narrow headlands and bays, and a pond in the middle. Golding Island is a sheep farm, and...
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14528 (Hill Cove)) New Island (51°44′46″S 61°16′54″W / 51.74611°S 61.28167°W / -51.74611; -61.28167 (New Island)) Pebble Island (51°18′33″S 59°36′35″W...
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Oldowan (redirect from Pebble tools)
palaeoanthropologists prefer to use the term Mode 1 tools to designate pebble tool industries (including Oldowan), with Mode 2 designating bifacially...
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Keppel Island (Spanish: Isla Vigía) is one of the Falkland Islands, lying between Saunders and Pebble islands, and near Golding Island to the north of...
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Pebble Mill Studios was the BBC's television studio complex located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, which served as the headquarters...
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airport and two small grass improvised airfields at Goose Green and Pebble Island. They were used in the reconnaissance and light-attack role.[citation...
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River Island is one of the Falkland Islands. It is located in Byron Sound to the south of East Island and Pebble Island. There is a tidal island to its...
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East Island is one of the Falkland Islands off Pebble Island and Broken Island in Byron Sound. v t e...
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Harbour Kepple Island Lively Island Pebble Island Saunders Island Speedwell Island Steeple Jason Island Weddell Island Westpoint Island Yorke Bay Catalan...
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had two lanes). In many parts of the Camp, such as Goose Green and Pebble Island, the islanders found themselves under house arrest. The British responded...
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ultimately destroyed by the SAS Raid on Pebble Island on 15 May 1982. Although all four hulks remained on the island for a considerable length of time, eventually...
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