Byron Heights is a mountain rising to at the northwest extremity of West Falkland, Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. It is situated southeast of Hope Point on a narrow peninsula which is subject to exposed weather as it is between two bays.
The mountain's top is occupied by RRH Byron Heights (Remote Radar Head Byron Heights) of the British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI),Post Conflict and RAF Stanley. Think Defence Website, 2017 part of an early warning and airspace control network including also RRH Mount Alice on West Falkland and RRH Mount Kent on East Falkland. In the 1990s, the radar was a type 94 being operated by a detachment of No. 7 Signals Unit of the Royal Air Force. In January 2007, it was operated by No. 303 Signals Unit and was visited by Princess Anne and her husband, Rear Admiral Timothy Laurence. In 2012, it was estimated that the radar site had a coverage of up to an altitude of . During the Falklands Conflict, the site was used by Argentine forces to site an Eltar radar which was used to track Sea Harriers.
The accommodation and working areas of the base were completely rebuilt between 2016 and 2025, having previously been made up of containers which had been there since 1984. The teams building the new blocks had to have everything shipped out from the UK and were working in winds. Byron Heights is also the location of a civilian band 300-Watt FM radio transmitter.
On 5 January 1984, a Lynx helicopter crashed into the sea just north of Byron Heights, both crewmembers were found still strapped inside the helicopter.
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