Plymouth

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former capital city ghost town settlement

Plymouth is the former capital of Montserrat that was destroyed and permanently evacuated following devastating volcanic eruptions in the 1990s.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Plymouth canonical 10

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former capital city ⓘ
ghost town ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
adjacentTo Soufrière Hills ⓘ
surface form: Soufrière Hills volcano
capitalOf Montserrat ⓘ
surface form: Montserrat (de jure)
climate tropical ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Montserrat ⓘ
coveredBy pyroclastic flows ⓘ
volcanic ash ⓘ
destroyedBy Soufrière Hills ⓘ
surface form: Soufrière Hills volcano eruptions
evacuatedIn 1995 ⓘ
formerCapitalOf Montserrat ⓘ
functionBeforeDestruction administrative center of Montserrat ⓘ
commercial center of Montserrat ⓘ
population center of Montserrat ⓘ
governedBy United Kingdom ⓘ
hasLegalStatus de jure capital of Montserrat ⓘ
language English ⓘ
largelyDestroyedIn 1997 ⓘ
legalNote only ghost town that is the de jure capital of a political territory ⓘ
locatedIn Caribbean ⓘ
Lesser Antilles ⓘ
exclusion zone of Montserrat ⓘ
locatedOn British Overseas Territory of Montserrat ⓘ
surface form: island of Montserrat
namedAfter Plymouth, England ⓘ
naturalHazard ashfall ⓘ
lahars ⓘ
volcanic activity ⓘ
partOf British Overseas Territory of Montserrat ⓘ
permanentlyEvacuated 1990s ⓘ
primaryReligionBeforeEvacuation Christianity ⓘ
reasonForAbandonment volcanic eruption ⓘ
region Leeward Islands ⓘ
replacedAsDeFactoCapitalBy Brades ⓘ
replacedAsSeatOfGovernmentBy Brades ⓘ
status abandoned ⓘ
uninhabited ⓘ
timeZone Atlantic Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic Standard Time
transportInfrastructureBeforeDestruction port ⓘ
roads ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Montserrat → cityAbandonedDueToVolcano → Plymouth ⓘ
Brades → formerCapitalReplaced → Plymouth ⓘ
The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean → formerCapital → Plymouth ⓘ
Soufrière Hills → locatedNear → Plymouth ⓘ
Exeter to Plymouth line → terminus → Plymouth ⓘ
Drake's Island → locatedIn → Plymouth ⓘ
Drake's Island → nearbyCity → Plymouth ⓘ
Drake's Island → accessibleFrom → Plymouth ⓘ
Mount Edgcumbe → nearestCity → Plymouth ⓘ
Edward Pellew → placeOfDeath → Plymouth ⓘ