Lookout (sometimes spelled as Look Out) is a village in the northern portion of the

Caribbean The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies. Bordered by North America to the north, Central America ...

island of

Montserrat Montserrat ( , ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about long and wide, wit ...

, a

British Overseas Territory The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) or alternatively referred to as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs) are the fourteen dependent territory, territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom that, ...

. The population was 696 as of 2018. Lookout is the home of several notable buildings including St. Patrick's Church and

Blakes Estate Stadium Blakes Estate Stadium, is a football stadium in Montserrat, near the village of Lookout. The stadium holds 1,000. On 2 April 2002, the officially named MFA Inc. Complex was completed using FIFA funds. Tenants Blakes Estate Stadium has several te ...

, which is the largest stadium in Montserrat and has a higher capacity than the population of the entire town. The stadium is the home of the

Montserrat national football team The Montserrat national football team represents Montserrat in international Association football, football. Football is the second most popular sport in Montserrat, after cricket. The team is controlled by the Montserrat Football Association, ...

and several club teams in the

Montserrat Championship The Montserrat Championship is the top association football division in Montserrat. It was created in 1974 but has been competed-for only sporadically, partially as a result of the Soufrière Hills eruption causing widespread devastation to the ...

including

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, Tremors, and others.

History

Lookout is the youngest settlement on Montserrat. It was founded in 1998 following the 1997

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

eruption. Many of Lookout's current residents evacuated from

Plymouth Plymouth ( ) is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Devon, South West England. It is located on Devon's south coast between the rivers River Plym, Plym and River Tamar, Tamar, about southwest of Exeter and ...

, the former capital of the island, which was destroyed in the eruption.

References

{{Reflist Populated places in Montserrat