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Chances Peak is a summit of the active complex stratovolcano named Soufrière Hills, the primary volcanic complex of Montserrat, a British overseas territory located in the Caribbean Sea. It was the highest point on the island until the mid-1990s, when fluctuating volcanic domes during the 1995–1999 Soufrière Hills eruptions eclipsed the peak in height.[1]

Chances Peak
Chances Peak Location in Montserrat
Highest point
Elevation	915 m (3,002 ft)[note 1]
Prominence	915 m (3,002 ft)
Coordinates	16°42′40″N 62°10′38″W
Geography
Location	Montserrat, Caribbean
Country	Montserrat
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	January 3, 2009

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.[2]

See also

• Geography of Montserrat
• List of volcanoes in Montserrat

Notes

References

External links

• Montserrat Volcano Observatory (MVO) - Current monitoring of the Soufrière Hills Volcano in Montserrat.
• USGS Info on Soufrière Hills Volcano
• British Geological Survey

На других языках

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- [en] Chances Peak

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[es] Pico Chances

El Pico Chances[1] (en inglés: Chances Peak)[2] es el punto culminante del complejo de un estratovolcán activo denominado Soufrière Hills. Es la parta más alta de la isla de Montserrat,[3] un territorio británico de ultramar situado en el Mar Caribe.[4]

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