• The total destruction of Plymouth caused severe economic problems for the island of Montserrat.
  • Plymouth, once the bustling capital of Montserrat, is now a modern-day Pompeii, abandoned after the Soufrière Hills volcano eruption in 1995.
  • ...deserted because of volcanic activity, the city was originally named after Plymouth, England; de jure, Plymouth remains the capital city of Montserrat; it is...
  • Plan Your Trip to Plymouth: Best of Plymouth Tourism. Plymouth Panorama from wharf. By dgmmom. Plymouth, Montserrat.
  • Island of Montserrat, Plymouth, Montserrat. 20,487 likes · 654 talking about this · 2,751 were here. Montserrat offers a unique blend of natural beauty
  • Ash-covered houses in Plymouth, Montserrat. Photo © Getty Images / Stocktrek Images/Richard Roscoe. Visiting the Exclusion Zones. The ruins of a resort.
  • February 20, 2024February 28, 2023 by Milan. Plymouth was once the thriving capital city and main port on the Caribbean island of Montserrat.
  • Then, when Plymouth and the island of Montserrat as a whole were just about ready to retake their outsized roll in the Lesser Antilles, disaster struck.
  • In 1995, the Soufrière Hills volcano erupted. Plymouth became the only buried capital of a political territory, the island of Montserrat.