Plymouth, Montserrat mud and lava would have been scorched and left completely non-arable by the heat of the pyroclastic flows. Plymouth was abandoned and the entire southern half of the island was declared an exclusion zone because of the continuing volcanic activity at the Soufrière Hills. The government of the island was moved to Brades, although Plymouth remains the "de jure" capital. , a new port and capital are under construction at Little Bay, on the island's northwest coast. The destruction of Plymouth caused severe economic problems for the island of Montserrat. Plymouth had been by far the largest settlement on the
Kyle Hills Antarctica over 28 field seasons, 1969–2000, completing six seasons under New Zealand Antarctic Research Program auspices, 1969–76. He was principal investigator on numerous National Science Foundation research projects in 23 seasons of field work under United States Antarctic Program auspices, 1977–2000, with focus on long-term research of the volcano Mount Erebus, and was in charge of the Mount Erebus Volcano Observatory, 2000. Kyle Hills The Kyle Hills () are a prominent group of volcanic cones, hills, ridges, and peaks that occupy the eastern part of Ross Island, Antarctica, between Mount Terror and Cape Crozier. The hills extend east–west for ,