Elberton

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.

Type: Hamlet
Description: abandoned suburb of Montserrat
Also known as: “Elberton, 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 Volcano Observatory is situated 3½ km northeast of Elberton.

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 Community College is situated 4 km northeast of Elberton.

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. Montserrat Secondary School is situated 4 km north of Elberton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Olveston and Plymouth.

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 3 km north of Elberton.

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 3 km southeast of Elberton.

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 3½ km northeast of Elberton.

Elberton

Categories: suburb, former settlement, and locality
Location: Montserrat, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

16.72338° or 16° 43′ 24″ north

Longitude

-62.2318° or 62° 13′ 55″ west

Elevation

66 metres (217 feet)

Open location code

778VPQF9+97

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11020900074

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

9260782

Wikidata ID

Q103826548

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