Isiqhingi esincane sentaba-mlilo, esasungulwa ekuqaleni ngabokufika base-Ireland ababalekela ukushushiswa, yi Montserrat, okungekho kuthrekhi eshayiwe yeCaribbean.
Usayizi wayo mncane (39 square miles). Inamabhishi amahle, amagquma, amahlathi, imifula nezimpophoma. Kuyaziwa njenge "Emerald Isle of the Caribbean" futhi ukuphela kwesiqhingi eWest Indies esineSt. Patrick's Day njengeholide lesizwe. Izintaba, ukubuka imvelo nokukhuphuka kuyizindlela eziyizintandokazi zokuchitha usuku esiqhingini. Yindawo yaseBrithani yaphesheya kwezilwandle.
Ukuqhuma kwentaba-mlilo enkulu eyaqala ngo-1998 kushintshe kakhulu impilo kulesi siqhingi. Inhlokodolobha Plymouth Imbozwe ngumlotha nokugeleza okuyipyroclastic futhi konakaliswe ngokuphelele. Ukufinyelela ngaphezu kwengxenye yesiqhingi akuvunyelwe. Ukuqhuma okukhulu kokugcina kwenzeke ngoJulayi 2004 lapho lesi siqhingi siphinde sambozwa umlotha. Umsebenzi wentaba-mlilo ubhekwe yiMontserrat Volcano Observatory.
Ngenxa yokuqhuma kwenani labantu lehle lisuka ku-11.000 laya ku-4.500. Kodwa-ke, impilo engxenyeni esenyakatho yeMontserrat iyachuma futhi. Azikho izisulu ezenzekile ngaphandle kwendawo evaliwe. Isikhumulo sezindiza esidala sabhujiswa ukuqhuma, kepha kunesikhumulo sezindiza esisha esinezindiza ezijwayelekile ezivela e-Antigua.