Flag of Montserrat

🎨 What the flag means

Montserrat's flag is blue with the British Union Jack in the corner and the island's coat of arms. The coat of arms shows a woman in a green dress holding a harp and a cross. She is Erin, a symbol of Ireland, and the harp is an Irish symbol too, honouring the Irish settlers who came from 1632. The cross stands for the island's Christian heritage.

📊 Quick facts

👥 Population

5.4 thousand (2023)

🏙️ Capital

Plymouth

🗣️ Main language

English

✨ 3 fun facts

1. Montserrat is nicknamed "The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean" because it looks like coastal Ireland and many people have Irish ancestors.
2. The national bird, the Montserrat oriole, lives nowhere else in the world.
3. A big frog called the "mountain chicken" lives only on Montserrat and Dominica.