Montserrat

Montserrat is an island in the Caribbean Sea, named after the mountain of the same name (located near Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain see Montserrat (mountain)) by Christopher Columbus in 1493.

Montserrat

(In Detail)
National motto: Each Endeavouring, All Achieving
Official language	English
Political status	Non-sovereign, Overseas territory of the U.K
Capital	Plymouth (now uninhabited)
Governor	Deborah Barnes Jones
Chief Minister	John Osborne
Area   - Total   - % water	Ranked n/a 91 km² Negligible
Population   - Total (2003)   - Density	Ranked n/a   - 9,000   - 102/km²
Currency	East Caribbean dollar
Time zone	UTC -4
National anthem	God Save the Queen
Internet TLD	.ms
Calling Code	1-664

Montserrat is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. Much of this island had been devastated and two-thirds of the population had fled abroad due to the eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano that began on July 18, 1995. Volcanic eruptions have continued, making large parts of the island Geography of Montserrat

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Countries in West Indies
Antigua and Barbuda | Bahamas | Barbados | Cuba | Dominica | Dominican Republic | Grenada | Haiti | Jamaica | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Lucia | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Trinidad and Tobago
Dependencies: Anguilla | Aruba | British Virgin Islands | Cayman Islands | Guadeloupe | Martinique | Montserrat | Netherlands Antilles | Puerto Rico | Turks and Caicos Islands | U.S. Virgin Islands