Weekes | |
Settlement Type: | Abandoned village |
Pushpin Map: | Montserrat |
Coordinates: | 16.7306°N -62.2153°W |
Subdivision Name1: | Montserrat |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Map showing location of Weekes |
Subdivision Type1: | Overseas Territory |
Area Land Km2: | 1.04 |
Elevation M: | 114 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United Kingdom |
Weekes is a small, abandoned village in a valley between Garibaldi Hill and Richmond Hill, in the St Anthony Region of Montserrat. As the crow flies, it is 2.46km (01.53miles) from Plymouth - the ruined capital of Montserrat. It is abandoned because it lies in the 'uninhabitable zone' surrounding the Soufrière Hills volcano after the 1997 eruption of Chances Peak.[1] [2]