npaved: 3,079 km (2005)

Merchant marine:
total: 4 ships (1000 GRT or over) 9,458 GRT/10,172 DWT
by type: cargo 4
registered in other countries: 4 (Bahamas 2, Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines 2) (2006)

Ports and terminals:
Bar

Military Montenegro

Military service age and obligation:
compulsory national military service abolished August 2006

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$2.306 billion

Military - note:
Montenegrin plans call for the establishment of a fully
professional armed forces

Transnational Issues Montenegro

Disputes - international:
none

This page was last updated on 8 February, 2007

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@Montserrat

Introduction Montserrat

Background:
English and Irish colonists from St. Kitts first settled on
Montserrat in 1632; the first African slaves arrived three decades
later. The British and French fought for possesion of the island for
most of the 18th century, but it finally was confirmed as a British
possession in 1783. The island's sugar plantation economy was
converted to small farm landholdings in the mid 19th century. Much
of this island was devastated and two-thirds of the population fled
abroad because of the eruption of the Soufriere Hills Volcano that
began on 18 July 1995. Montserrat has endured volcanic activity
since, with the last eruption occurring in July 2003.

Geography Montserrat

Location:
Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, southeast of Puerto Rico

Geographic coordinates:
16 45 N, 62 12 W

Map references:
Central America and the Caribbean

Area:
total: 102 sq km
land: 102 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Area - comparative:
about 0.6 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries:
0 km

Coastline:
40 km

Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 3 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm

Climate:
tropical; little daily or seasonal temperature variation

Terrain:
volcanic island, mostly mountainous, with small coastal lowland

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: lava dome in English's Crater (in the Soufriere Hills
volcanic complex) estimated at over 930 m (2006)

Natural resources:
NEGL

Land use:
arable land: 20%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 80% (2005)

Irrigated land:
NA

Natural hazards:
severe hurricanes (June to November); volcanic