Most expensive island
- Who
- Palmyra Island
- What
- 30000000 US dollar(s)
- Where
- United States (Palmyra Island,Palmyra Island lies 352 nautical miles north of the equator, about 120 miles northwestward of Washington Island, 200 miles northwest of Fanning Island, 33 miles southeastward of Kingman Reef and 960 miles south by west of Honolulu.,)
- When
- 2000
The most expensive island ever sold was Palmyra Island (USA) 1,450 km (960 miles) southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, which in 2000 was bought by The Nature Conservancy for $30 million (£21 million) from the Fullard-Leos Family. Palmyra Island is unique as no settlers have ever colonised it. This is why Palmyra has fish, forest and birds in abundance and is the only breeding site for the red-footed boobies in 450,000 square miles of ocean.