Montserrat - Definition and Overview

Montserrat

(In Detail)
National motto: Each Endeavouring, All Achieving
Official language	English
Political status	Non-sovereign, Overseas territory of the U.K
Capital	Plymouth (now uninhabited)
Governor	Deborah Barnes Jones
Chief Minister	John Osborne
Area   - Total   - % water	Ranked n/a 91 km² Negligible
Population   - Total (2003)   - Density	Ranked n/a   - 9,000   - 102/km²
Currency	East Caribbean dollar
Time zone	UTC -4
National anthem	God Save the Queen
Internet TLD	.ms
Calling Code	1-664

Montserrat is an island in the Caribbean Sea, named after the mountain of the same name (located near Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain see Montserrat (mountain)) by Christopher Columbus in 1493.

Montserrat is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom.

It was formerly the home of a branch of George Martin's AIR Studios (and other amenities) that made the island popular with working and vacationing musicians and other celebrities.

Montserrat is a full & participating member of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM).

Much of this island was devastated and two-thirds of the population fled abroad due to the eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano that began on July 18, 1995. Volcanic eruptions have continued, making large parts of the island uninhabitable.

Military branches: no regular indigenous military forces; Police Force

Military - note: defence is the responsibility of the UK

• Geography of Montserrat
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Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom)
Antigua and Barbuda | Bahamas¹ | Barbados | Belize | Dominica | Grenada | Guyana | Haiti | Jamaica | Montserrat | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Lucia | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Suriname | Trinidad and Tobago
Associate members: Anguilla | Bermuda | Cayman Islands | British Virgin Islands | Turks and Caicos Islands
Observer status: Aruba | Colombia | Dominican Republic | Mexico | Netherlands Antilles | Puerto Rico | Venezuela
¹ member of the community but not the common market

Overseas territories of the United Kingdom
Akrotiri and Dhekelia | Anguilla | Bermuda | British Antarctic Territory | British Indian Ocean Territory | British Virgin Islands | Cayman Islands | Falkland Islands | Gibraltar | Montserrat | Pitcairn Islands | Saint Helena (Ascension & Tristan da Cunha) | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | Turks and Caicos Islands