Private Islands
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.
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Famous quotes containing the words private and/or islands:
“There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)
“What are the islands to me
if you are lost
what is Naxos, Tinos, Andros,
and Delos, the clasp
of the white necklace?”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)