Statistics

Location:
Caribbean

Caribbean

The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...

, island in the Caribbean Sea

Caribbean Sea

The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, and to the east by the Lesser Antilles....

, southeast of Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

Geographic coordinates:
16°45′N 62°12′W

Map references:
Central America and the Caribbean

Area:

total:
100 km²

land:
100 km²

water:
0 km²

Land boundaries:
0 km

Coastline:
40 km

Maritime claims:

exclusive fishing zone:
200 nmi (370.4 km; 230.2 mi)

territorial sea:
3 nmi (5.556 km; 3.452 mi)

Terrain:
volcanic islands, mostly mountainous, with small coastal lowland

Elevation extremes:

lowest point:
Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:
Chances Peak

Chances Peak

Chances Peak is the culminant point of the active complex stratovolcano named Soufrière Hills. It is the highest point in Montserrat, a British overseas territory located in the Caribbean Sea....

 (in the Soufrière Hills

Soufrière Hills

The Soufrière Hills volcano is an active complex stratovolcano with many lava domes forming its summit on the Caribbean island of Montserrat. After a long period of dormancy, it became active in 1995, and has continued to erupt ever since...

) 915 m

Natural resources:
NEGL

Land use:

arable land:
20%

permanent crops:
0%

permanent pastures:
10%

forests and woodland:
40%

other:
30% (1993 est.)

Irrigated land:
NA km²

Natural hazards:
severe hurricanes (June to November); volcanic eruptions (full-scale eruptions of the Soufriere Hills volcano occurred during 1996-97)

Environment - current issues:
Land erosion occurs on slopes that have been cleared for cultivation.

See also : Montserrat

Montserrat

Montserrat is a British overseas territory located in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain of islands called the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies. This island measures approximately long and wide, giving of coastline...

Source

• CIA World Factbook