Ronde Island
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Ronde Island, Grenada
is a 2000 acres (8.1 km²) private island
in the Lesser Antilles
chain of the Caribbean Sea
. The island was listed for sale as of October of 2007 for US$100,000,000, making it currently the most expensive listed island property in the world. Ronde is located approximately 4 miles east of the active submarine volcano
Kick-'em-Jenny
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Grenada
Grenada is an island country and Commonwealth Realm consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea...
is a 2000 acres (8.1 km²) private island
Private island
A private island is a disconnected body of land wholly owned by a single private citizen or corporation. Although this exclusivity gives the owner substantial control over the property, they still fall within the jurisdiction of national and sometimes local governments.-Ownership:There are many...
in the Lesser Antilles
Lesser Antilles
The Lesser Antilles are a long, partly volcanic island arc in the Western Hemisphere. Most of its islands form the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean, with the remainder located in the southern Caribbean just north of South America...
chain of the Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, and to the east by the Lesser Antilles....
. The island was listed for sale as of October of 2007 for US$100,000,000, making it currently the most expensive listed island property in the world. Ronde is located approximately 4 miles east of the active submarine volcano
Submarine volcano
Submarine volcanoes are underwater fissures in the Earth's surface from which magma can erupt. They are estimated to account for 75% of annual magma output. The vast majority are located near areas of tectonic plate movement, known as ocean ridges...
Kick-'em-Jenny
Kick-'em-Jenny
Kick-'em-Jenny is an active submarine volcano or seamount on the Caribbean Sea floor, located north of the island of Grenada and about west of Ronde Island in the Grenadines. Kick-'em-Jenny rises above the sea floor on the steep inner western slope of the Lesser Antilles ridge...
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