Location Montserrat, Caribbean Last eruption 3 January 2009 Prominence 915 m | Mountain type Stratovolcano Elevation 915 m | |
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Similar Soufrière Hills, Chameau, Mount Obama, Morne Diablotins, Crown Mountain | ||
Chances Peak is the culminant point of the active complex stratovolcano named Soufrière Hills. It is the highest point in Montserrat, a British overseas territory located in the Caribbean Sea.
Map of Chances Peak, Montserrat
Chances Peak is on a destructive plate margin. The volcano itself is in the middle Caribbean plate, but this is because the North American Plate and the Atlantic Plate subducts beneath it, causing a buildup of pressure to form a volcano.
On 17 September 1965 a Boeing 707 aircraft operating as Pan Am Flight 292 flew into Chances Peak near the summit and was destroyed, killing the 30 people on board.
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