Weekes is a small, abandoned

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in a

valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains and typically containing a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over ...

between Garibaldi Hill and Richmond Hill, in St Anthony Parish 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 ...

As the crow flies The expression ''as the crow flies'' is an idiom for the most direct path between two points. Etymology The meaning of the expression is attested from the early 19th century, and appeared in the Charles Dickens novel ''Oliver Twist'' (1838): ...

, it is 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 ruined capital of Montserrat. It is abandoned because it lies in the 'uninhabitable zone' surrounding the

Soufrière Hills volcano Soufrière may refer to: Places * Soufrière Estate, Saint Lucia Settlements, jurisdictions, political geography * Soufrière, Dominica, a village on the southwest coast of Dominica in the Caribbean * Petit Soufrière, Dominica, a village on the ...

after the 1997 eruption of Chances Peak.

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{{Montserrat-geo-stub Former populated places in Montserrat 1997 disestablishments in Montserrat Populated places disestablished in 1997