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| 3331 Aerial view of Mount Liamuiga, Brimstone Hill and Sandy Point Town |
Named until 1983 Mount Misery,Mount Liamuiga is a 1,156-m stratovolcano which forms the western part of the island of Saint Kitts. The peak, topped by a 1 km wide summit crater, which contained a shallow crater lake until 1959, is the highest point on the island. The last verified eruptions from the volcano were about 1,800 years ago, while reports of possible eruptions in 1692 and 1843 are considered uncertain. The mountain sides are covered in farmland and small villages up to the 460 m height, after which lush tropical rainforests drape the slopes until cloud forest takes over at 900 m.
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