Soufrière Hills
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.
Photo: CommonismNow, Public domain.- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 421 metres
- Description: volcano on Montserrat in the Caribbean
- Also known as: “Bryniau Soufriere”, “Chances”, “la Soufrière de Montserrat”, “Soufrière de Montserrat”, “Soufriere Hills volcano”, “Soufrière Hills volcano”, “Soufrière Hills Volcano (Montserrat)”, “Soufrière Hills Volcano Hazard Zone”, “Sufriero Kalvos”, and “Суфриер Хилс”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Chances Peak.
Chances Peak
Peak
Photo: CommonismNow, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plymouth and Elberton.
Soufrière Hills
- Categories: mountain, stratovolcano, active volcano, and landform
- Location: Montserrat, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
16.70938° or 16° 42′ 34″ north
Longitude
-62.17901° or 62° 10′ 44″ west
Elevation
421 metres (1,381 feet)
Open location code
778VPR5C+Q9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Soufrière Hills” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سوفيرير هيلز”
- Basque: “Soufrière Hills”
- Belarusian: “Суфрыер”
- Catalan: “Soufrière Hills”
- Cebuano: “Soufrière Hills”
- Chinese: “苏弗里埃尔火山”
- Chinese: “苏弗里耶尔火山”
- Chinese: “蘇弗里埃爾火山”
- Czech: “Soufrière Hills”
- Danish: “Soufrière Hills”
- Dutch: “Soufrière”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل سوفرير هيلس”
- Estonian: “Soufrière Hills”
- Finnish: “Soufrière Hills”
- French: “la Soufrière”
- French: “La Soufrière”
- French: “Soufrière”
- German: “Soufriere Hills”
- German: “Soufrière Hills”
- Greek: “Σουφριέρ Χιλς”
- Hebrew: “סופרייר הילס”
- Indonesian: “Gunung Soufriere Hills”
- Indonesian: “Gunung Soufrière Hills”
- Italian: “Soufrière Hills”
- Japanese: “スーフリエール・ヒルズ”
- Korean: “수프리에르힐스”
- Ladin: “Soufrière Hills”
- Latvian: “Sufriērhilss”
- Lithuanian: “Sufriero kalvų ugnikalnis”
- Lombard: “Soufrière”
- Macedonian: “Суфриер”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Soufrière Hills”
- Norwegian: “Soufrière Hills”
- Piemontese: “Soufrière”
- Polish: “Soufrière Hills”
- Portuguese: “Soufrière Hills”
- Russian: “Суфриер-Хиллс”
- Russian: “Суфриер-Хилс”
- Slovak: “Soufriére Hills”
- Slovak: “Soufrière Hills”
- Spanish: “Soufriere Hills”
- Spanish: “Soufrière Hills”
- Swedish: “Soufrière Hills”
- Ukrainian: “Суфрієр-Гіллз”
- Venetian: “Soufrière Hills”
- Welsh: “Bryniau Soufrière”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Upper Galways Estate and Tar River Estate.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Fort St. George and Plymouth Port.
Lesser Antilles: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Trinidad and Tobago and Antigua and Barbuda.
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