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Montserrat, Lesser Antilles Map showing the location of Montserrat, a British overseas territory in the Caribbean Sea. Montserrat is highlighted with a small box east of Puerto Rico and south of Antigua, with the capital Plymouth labeled. Surrounding countries and islands, including the United States, Cuba, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela, are also shown for regional context. Map of Antigua and Barbuda and surrounding islands in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean Sea, showing political boundaries and major islands including Antigua, Barbuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, and Grenada. A locator inset at the bottom left shows the region's position in the Caribbean. Soufrière Hills, Montserrat Regional map of the West Indies showing the islands of the Greater and Lesser Antilles, including Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Puerto Rico, and numerous smaller islands. The map uses color shading to indicate elevation, with higher elevations in orange and yellow, and labels major cities and territories, including those administered by the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, and the United States. Surrounding bodies of water such as the Caribbean Sea, Gulf o Soufrière Hills, Montserrat Redonda, Antigua and Barbuda Bernanos Distant green mountains on the Caribbean island of Montserrat, Lesser Antilles.
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Distant green mountains on the Caribbean island of Montserrat, Lesser Antilles.
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The flora of the island is surveyed in David E. Brussell, Potions, Poisons, and Panaceas: An Ethnobotanical Study of Montserrat (1998). Stuart B. Philpott, West Indian Migration: The Montserrat Case (1973, reissued 2004), explores the impact of migration on two communities. Small Farming in the Less Developed Countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean (1980), published by the Caribbean Development Bank, provides information on Grenada, Saint Vincent, Saint Lucia, Dominica, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, Antigua, and Belize. John Messenger, “Montserrat,” in Dale A. Olsen and Daniel E. Sheehy (eds.), The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, vol. 2 (1998), pp. 922–926, discusses the island’s cultural traditions.

Historical treatment is provided in Howard A. Fergus, Montserrat: History of a Caribbean Colony, 2nd ed. (2004), Gallery Montserrat: Some Prominent People in Our History (1996), and Eruption: Montserrat Versus Volcano (1996). The impact of the volcano crisis is further examined in Polly Pattullo, Fire from the Mountain: The Tragedy of Montserrat and the Betrayal of Its People (2000).

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Modified link of Web site: Official Tourism Site of Montserrat, West Indies. Oct 12, 2026
Add new Web site: Montserrat Volcano Observatory - About Montserrat. Jun 21, 2025
Questions and answers added. Mar 14, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Prince Edward Island - Institute of Island Studies - Montserrat. Nov 22, 2024
Add new Web site: BBC News - Montserrat profile. May 29, 2024
Add new Web site: CRW Flags - Montserrat, West Indies. Oct 19, 2023
Add new Web site: The British Empire - Montserrat Colony. Apr 07, 2023
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Montserrat, West Indies. Sep 05, 2022
Media added. Jan 26, 2018
Media added. Nov 17, 2017
Media added. May 28, 2015
History section updated. May 28, 2015
Bibliography updated. May 28, 2015
Article revised and updated. May 28, 2015
Add new Web site: Official Tourism Site of Montserrat, West Indies. Apr 09, 2013
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - Montserrat. Jul 11, 2008
Added new Web site: Lonely Planet - Montserrat. Jul 08, 2008
Added new Web site: The Montserrat Volcano. Jan 17, 2007
Added new Web site: Central Intelligence Agency - The World Factbook - Montserrat. Jul 25, 2006
Article revised. May 03, 2002
Article added to new online database. Jul 26, 1999
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