Plymouth
de jure capital of Montserrat, West Indies, now a ghost town
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Plymouth was the official capital of Montserrat, a Caribbean island, but the town has been abandoned and left in ruins. It matters historically as a former center of government and society on the island, though it is no longer inhabited or functioning as a capital.
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Place details
- Region
- Saint Anthony
- Country
- Montserrat
- Population
- 0
- Timezone
- America/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 the only ghost town that is the capital of a political territory.
Constructed during the Georgian era on historical lava deposits near the then long-inactive Soufrière Hills volcano, the town was evacuated in 1995 when the volcano resumed erupting. Plymouth was eventually abandoned permanently in 1997, after it was substantially buried by a series of pyroclastic flows and lahars.