Montserrat

The southern half of Montserrat is basically buried by the volcano. Plymouth, the former capital, is abandoned.

The main economic endeavor in Montserrat is mining volcanic aggregate for construction.

All pictures are © Dr. Günther Eichhorn, unless otherwise noted.

School girl in uniform. (695k)

Little Bay in the north of Montserrat. (822k)

Pelicans swimming in Little Bay. (833k)

Volcanic aggregate mining operation. (652k)

Volcanic aggregate mining operation. (900k)

At first it looks like a peaceful Caribbean village, but it is all abandoned and decaying. (945k)

Flank of the volcano with debris flow above the remnants of Plymouth. (864k)

Buried Plymouth. (1001k)

Abandoned building along the road, being overgrown. (1061k)

Abandoned building along the road, being overgrown. (932k)

Abandoned apartment complex. (1400k)

This used to be a hotel. It is half buried and decaying. (993k)

Buried buildings in Plymouth. (784k)

Buried buildings in Plymouth. The yellow building was a 4-story building, buried two floors deep. (942k)

Buried building. Look at the size of the boulders that came down the mountain. (1059k)

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Page last updated on Sun Mar 10 16:07:39 2019 (Mountain Standard Time)

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