Combat Outpost Keating
Combat Outpost Keating was a small American military outpost in Nurestan Province, in Afghanistan. It was originally constructed to be a Provincial Reconstruction Team, called PRT Kamdesh, but due to extremely high levels of fighting in the area it remained a fire base instead of a PRT.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Battlefield
- Description: outpost in Afghanistan
- Also known as: “COP Keating”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kamdesh.
Kamdesh
Town
Kāmdēsh, or Kamdeish, is a town in the Landai Sin Valley, and the center of the Kamdesh District in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan. It is located at the general area of Yurmir which is beside the meeting place of two rivers, with one coming from Barg-i Matal, and the second flowing from Nechangal mountains.
Combat Outpost Keating
- Categories: outpost, historic site, military installation, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Northeast Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.42302° or 35° 25′ 23″ northLongitude
71.32955° or 71° 19′ 46″ eastOpen location code
8J7HC8FH+6ROpenStreetMap ID
node 5442610129OpenStreetMap feature
historic=battlefieldOpenStreetMap feature
military=headquartersWikidata ID
Q43079364
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In Other Languages
From French to Portuguese—“Combat Outpost Keating” goes by many names.
- French: “Poste de combat avancé Keating”
- Japanese: “カムデシュの戦い”
- Japanese: “キーティング前哨基地”
- Portuguese: “Posto Avançado de Combate Keating”
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