Montserrat Volcano Observatory
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.Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Montserrat Community College and Montserrat Secondary School.
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 1 km northwest of Montserrat Volcano Observatory.
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 1 km northwest of Montserrat Volcano Observatory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Salem and Olveston.
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.
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.
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 southwest of Montserrat Volcano Observatory.
Montserrat Volcano Observatory
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: observatory on the Caribbean island of Montserrat
- Categories: volcano observatory and tourism
- Location: Saint Peter Parish, Montserrat, Montserrat, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
16.7487° or 16° 44′ 55″ northLongitude
-62.21277° or 62° 12′ 46″ westOpen location code
778VPQXP+FVOpenStreetMap ID
node 358226040OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q6906590
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Montserrat Volcano Observatory” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Montserrat Volcano Observatory”
- French: “Montserrat Volcano Observatory”
- French: “observatoire volcanologique de Montserrat”
- Polish: “Montserrat Volcano Observatory”
- Spanish: “Observatorio Vulcanologico de Montserrat”
- Spanish: “Observatorio Vulcanológico de Montserrat”
- Ukrainian: “Монтсерратська вулканологічна обсерваторія”
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