Statues in Montserrat Monastery

Montserrat is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about 16 km long and 11 km wide, with roughly 40 km of coastline. It is nicknamed "The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean" both for its resemblance to coastal Ireland and for the Irish ancestry o…
Montserrat is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about 16 km long and 11 km wide, with roughly 40 km of coastline. It is nicknamed "The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean" both for its resemblance to coastal Ireland and for the Irish ancestry of many of its inhabitants. Montserrat is the only non-fully sovereign full member of the Caribbean Community and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, though it is far from being the only dependency in the Caribbean overall.
  • Capital: Plymouth (de jure) · Brades (de facto) · Little Bay (under construction)
  • Largest city: Brades
  • Highest elevation: 1,050 m (3,440 ft)
  • Sovereign state: United Kingdom
  • English settlement: 1632
  • Treaty of Paris: 3 September 1783
  • Federation: 3 January 1958
Data from: en.wikipedia.org