Olveston
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood with 292 residents
- Description: suburb of Salem, Montserrat
- Also known as: “Olveston, Montserrat”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Montserrat Volcano Observatory and Montserrat Community College.
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 Community College
College
Montserrat Community College is a post-16 years of age community college in Salem, Montserrat, offering Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations courses, as well as tertiary vocational courses in construction and cosmetology.
Montserrat Secondary School
School
The Montserrat Secondary School, often referred to for short as MSS, is the only secondary school which also has students younger than 16, on the island of Montserrat.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Salem and Elberton.
Salem
Town
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.
Elberton
Hamlet
Elberton is an abandoned suburb of Richmond Hill, St Anthony Region, Montserrat. It consists mainly of clearings and concrete car parks. It is abandoned because it lies in the 'uninhabitable zone' surrounding the Soufrière Hills volcano after the 1997 eruption of Chances Peak. Elberton is situated 3 km south of Olveston.
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 5 km south of Olveston.
Olveston
- Categories: suburb and locality
- Location: Saint Peter Parish, Montserrat, Montserrat, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
16.74752° or 16° 44′ 51″ northLongitude
-62.22597° or 62° 13′ 34″ westPopulation
292Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)Open location code
778VPQXF+2JOpenStreetMap ID
node 358222146OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
3578079Wikidata ID
Q103902354
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In Other Languages
“Olveston” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Olveston (Montserrat)”
- Dutch: “Olveston”
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Highlights include Salem Park and Salem Police Station.
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