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Montserrat is a mountainous Caribbean island, part of the Lesser Antilles chain and a British Overseas Territory. Its Soufrière Hills volcano erupted in the 1990s, causing significant damage to the south of the island and leading to the creation of an exclusion zone. The north of the island is largely unaffected and has black-sand beaches, coral reefs, cliffs, and shoreline caves. • Sovereign state: United Kingdom • English settlement: 1632 • Treaty of Paris: 3 September 1783 • Federation: 3 January 1958 • Separate colony: 31 May 1962 • Capital: Brades