Montserrat facts

Montserrat Island Sunset (4568325551)
Montserrat from the Guadeloupe Passage

Montserrat is a Caribbean island. It is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. Montserrat got its name from Christopher Columbus in 1493. The governor of Montserrat is Deborah Barnes-Jones. The capital is officially Plymouth, but the government has moved to Brades after a volcano, Chances Peak, destroyed Plymouth in 1995.

Countries and territories of North America
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Countries and territories in the Caribbean (West Indies)
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¹ Member of the community but not the Caribbean (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy.
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Australia
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Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
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Financial institutions
Eastern Caribbean Central Securities Registry · Eastern Caribbean Securities Exchange · East Caribbean dollar · Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
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Images

  • Soufriere Hills Volcano dome collapse

    False-color time-lapse images of the Soufrière Hills volcanic dome collapse in 2010, from NASA

  • Plymouth City & Volcano

    Plymouth City and volcano

  • Montserrat Salem Eruption1

    Eruption of the Soufrière Hills volcano on 22 September 1997

  • Little Bay from above, Montserrat

    A view of half of the coastline of Little Bay, and a glimpse of Carrs Bay, taken from partway up the headland between Little Bay and Rendezvous Bay, 2012

  • Coastal cliffs

    Montserrat's coastline

  • Montserrat eruption

    Plymouth, the former capital city and major port of Montserrat, on 12 July 1997, after pyroclastic flows burned much of what was not covered in ash

  • Caribe Queen

    The MV Caribe Queen is a Nevis ferry boat which shuttles passengers between Antigua and Montserrat several times a week.

  • Montserrat Cultural Center (5809290561)

    The Montserrat Cultural Centre overlooking Little Bay

  • Little Bay, Montserrat

    Little Bay, the site of the new capital. The project is funded by the UK's Department for International Development.


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