Soufrière Hills
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The Soufrière Hills is an active, complex stratovolcano with many lava domes forming its summit on the Caribbean island of Montserrat, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. After a long period
Soufrière Hills (before July 2007)
Andesite erupted by Soufrière Hills volcano in 1997
Volcanic ash (tuff) from Montserrat
2009 ash and steam plume, Soufrière Hills Volcano. Grey deposits that include pyroclastic flows and volcanic mudflows (lahars) are visible extending from the volcano toward the coastline. NASA ISS photo, 11 October 2009, a view from the northeast looking southwest
Plymouth, Montserrat
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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. It is
Plymouth in 2006, following the 1997 eruptions that buried most of the town in ash
By 12 July 1997, pyroclastic flows had burned much of what had not already been covered in ash
Plymouth in 2012, showing the revegetation of the zone buried by ash.
A church after the eruption.