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 ==Background==
-The base is located inside Chawia hill, one of the Taita hills, about 24 kilometers west from Voi, Kenya, a few kilometers north of the [[Tsavo Highway]]. According to a UNSC Marine, Crow's Nest was built for a war in the 20th century. Because of its age, the base often frustrated UNSC personnel because it required constant maintenance and employed outdated technology, such as its [[door]] controls.<ref name="crow"/>
+Crow's Nest is constructed as a bunker complex and is located inside a outcrop named Chawia Hill (one of the Taita Hills) located in Kenya (3°28'00.7"S 38°20'44.59"E). Chawia Hill is a promontory outcrop with steep cliffs guarding the south-western and -eastern approaches, and with much gentler slopes in the other directions. The hill, thus Crow's Nest, is about 25 kilometers west from [[Voi]], and a few kilometers north of the [[Tsavo Highway]]. According to a UNSC Marine, Crow's Nest was built for a war in the 20th century. Because of its age, the base often frustrated UNSC personnel because it required constant maintenance and employed outdated technology, such as its [[door]] controls.<ref name="crow"/>
 It was used during the [[Battle of Voi]] for its proximity to what the UNSC thought was the [[Installation 00|Ark]] (which in reality was [[the Portal]]), as well as the fact that its fortified location provided relative protection from aerial and [[orbital bombardment]].<ref name="crow"/><ref name="floodgate">'''Halo 3''', campaign level, ''[[Floodgate]]''</ref><ref name="ark">'''Halo 3''', campaign level, ''[[The Ark (level)|The Ark]]''</ref> From it, the UNSC coordinated its resistance efforts in the region surrounding the remnants of New Mombasa and the local countryside.