Amersham Estate

Amersham Estate is an estate in Saint Anthony Parish, Montserrat, Montserrat. Amersham Estate is situated nearby to the locality Parsons, as well as near Plymouth.

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 east of Amersham Estate.

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 3½ km east of Amersham Estate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Plymouth and Elberton.

Plymouth

Locality

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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.

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 3½ km northwest of Amersham Estate.

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 5 km northwest of Amersham Estate.

Amersham Estate

Type: Estate
Category: agriculture
Location: Saint Anthony Parish, Montserrat, Montserrat, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

16.70358° or 16° 42′ 13″ north

Longitude

-62.20567° or 62° 12′ 20″ west

Elevation

282 metres (925 feet)

Open location code

778VPQ3V+CP

GeoNames ID

3578252

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Localities in the Area

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