Montserrat

**Montserrat**
	British overseas territory in the Caribbean
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Instance of	British overseas territories; island;
Part of	Leeward Islands; Lesser Antilles; Caribbean;
Location	British overseas territories, Britain
Capital	Plymouth (de jure); Brades (de facto);
Legislative body	Legislative Assembly of Montserrat;
Executive body	Cabinet of Monteserrat;
Official language	English;
Anthem	God Save the King;
Currency	Eastern Caribbean dollar;
Head of state	Andrew Pearce;
Head of government	Donaldson Romeo;
Inception	1632;
Population	5,440 (2023);
Area	102 ±1 km²;
Follows	West Indies Federation;
Top-level Internet domain	.ms;
	16° 45′ 00″ N, 62° 12′ 00″ W
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topographic map
coastline
Parishes: St. Peter (red)
St. Georges (green)
St. Anthony (cyan)
Montserrat from the Guadeloupe Passage
Little Bay, the site of the new capital
Surfer brothers Carrll and Gary Robilotta at Isle's Bay
police boat
beach at Little Bay
The Montserrat Cultural Centre overlooking Little Bay
Motor ship Caribe Queen is a Nevis ferry boat which shuttles passengers between Antigua and Montserrat several times a week
John A. Osborne Airport

History

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
Barquentine 'Hilda' loading lime juice
Map of Montserrat (top) and Plymouth (bottom) in 1869
Eruption of the Soufrière Hills volcano on 22 September 1997
Plymouth City (former capital and major port of Montserrat) on 12 July 1997, after pyroclastic flows burned much of what was not covered in ash
False-colour time-lapse images of the Soufrière Hills volcanic dome collapse in 2010, from NASA
Devastated Plymouth City and volcano (2003)