Flag of Montserrat
What the flag looks like
A Blue Ensign with the coat of arms in the fly: a woman in a green dress holding a golden harp and embracing a dark cross.
What it means
The woman is Erin, the personification of Ireland, honoring the Irish settlers who came to the island in the 17th century.
How to remember it
Montserrat's
badge is a woman in green hugging a cross and holding a harp: Ireland's
Erin, on the "Emerald Isle of the Caribbean".
Fun facts
- St Patrick's Day is a public holiday on Montserrat, which is nicknamed the "Emerald Isle of the Caribbean".
- Eruptions of the Soufrière Hills volcano from 1995 buried the capital, Plymouth, which has been abandoned ever since.
Montserrat at a glance
- Status
- British Overseas Territory
- Sovereign state
- United Kingdom
- Capital
- Plymouth (de jure, abandoned); Brades (de facto)
- Capital
- Brades
- Region
- British Overseas Territory
- Population
- 4,399
- Area
- 102 km²
- Languages
- English
- Currency
- Eastern Caribbean dollar ($)
- Flag adopted
- 1960
Flags often confused with Montserrat
- British Virgin Islands: Montserrat and the British Virgin Islands are both Blue Ensigns whose badge shows a woman. Montserrat's woman wears green and holds a harp and a cross; the BVI's is dressed in white on a green shield surrounded by lamps.
- Anguilla: Anguilla and Montserrat are both Caribbean Blue Ensigns with a badge in the fly. Anguilla's badge is three orange dolphins in a circle; Montserrat's is a woman in green with a harp and a cross.