Windy Hill

Windy Hill is a locality in Saint Georges Parish, Montserrat, Montserrat. Windy Hill is situated nearby to the locality Beech Hill, as well as near Streatham.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Soufrière Hills and Chances Peak.

Soufrière Hills

Volcano

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The British Overseas Territory of Montserrat is an island in the Caribbean, south-east of Puerto Rico. This island was a very popular tourist destination until Hurricane Hugo caused widespread damage in 1989 and then in 1995, the island's volcano, Soufrière Hills, became active. Soufrière Hills is situated 3 km south of Windy Hill.

Chances Peak

Peak

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Chances Peak is a summit of the active complex stratovolcano named Soufrière Hills, the youngest volcanic complex on the island of Montserrat, a British overseas territory located in the Caribbean Sea. Chances Peak is situated 3 km southeast of Windy Hill.

Montserrat Volcano Observatory

Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.

The Montserrat Volcano Observatory is a volcano observatory which is located on the Caribbean island of Montserrat, where the Soufrière Hills volcano has been actively erupting since 1995. Montserrat Volcano Observatory is situated 3 km northwest of Windy Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Salem and Plymouth.

Salem

Town

Photo: giggel, CC BY 3.0.

Salem is the most populous town in Montserrat, a British Overseas Territory in the West Indies, situated on the western coast of the island, in St Peter Parish. Salem is situated 4 km northwest of Windy Hill.

Plymouth

Locality

Photo: Xb-70, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Plymouth is a ghost town and the de jure capital of the island of Montserrat, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom located in the Leeward Island chain of the Lesser Antilles, West Indies. Plymouth is situated 4 km southwest of Windy Hill.

Olveston

Neighborhood

Olveston is a village on the Caribbean island of Montserrat. The settlement was created as a plantation, one of two on Montserrat which were bought by Joseph Sturge to demonstrate that slavery was unnecessary. Olveston is situated 4½ km west of Windy Hill.

Windy Hill

Type: Locality
Location: Saint Georges Parish, Montserrat, Montserrat, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

16.73384° or 16° 44′ 2″ north

Longitude

-62.1866° or 62° 11′ 12″ west

Elevation

242 metres (794 feet)

Open location code

778VPRM7+G9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13341544138

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

3577979

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