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Soufrière Hills
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Soufrière Hills
A volcano, 915 m (3,002 ft) high, on southern Montserrat in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies. It began erupting in 1995 for the first time in recorded history, causing the evacuation of thousands of residents.


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Jonathan Stone, who studied at Merchant Taylors' Boys School, has jetted out to the idyllic Caribbean island to study the once dormant Soufriere Hills volcano which devastated the island during an eruption in 1997.
On day two, visiting the island of Montserrat will provide passengers with the opportunity to view the Soufriere Hills Volcano, go horseback riding and hike through the tropical rainforest.
The researchers used data from eruptions of a variety of volcanoes including the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat; Mount Merapi, Indonesia; Mount Unzen, Japan, and Colima, Mexico to develop a predictive equation for mapping the hazard.
 
 
 
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