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Davy Hill is a town in the north of the
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island of
Montserrat Montserrat ( ) is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about long and wide, with roughly of coastline. It is n ...
, located close to the west coast near the narrowest point of the island on a saddle between the main bulk of the island's Centre Hills, and the peak of Silver Hill close to the island's northern tip. Davy Hill is close to the town and
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Brades Brades (also Brades Estate) is a town and the ''de facto'' capital of Montserrat since 1998 with an approximate population of 1,000. History The still ''de jure'' capital of Montserrat at Plymouth in the south of the island was abandoned in 199 ...
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of Montserrat. Davy Hill is connected by road with the settlement of St John's, which lies two kilometres to the southeast.


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Populated places in Montserrat {{Montserrat-geo-stub